A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .