FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens. These amazing illustrations were created by Portuguese solicitor and artist Samuel Silva, who has had a strong interest in drawing since he was two years old. ‘I have been interested in drawing since the very first time I ever touched a pencil and a sheet of paper, when I was two years old.’ says 31 year old Samuel, now of London. ‘After that day, I never stopped drawing. Unlike most children, I didn’t start by scribbling; I just instinctively drew straight away.
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .