AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions. Rheanne Charise Taylor, of Fairfield, Iowa, USA, gave Wesley the kitten his nickname after adopting him from Noah's Ark Animal Foundation, an animal shelter in Fairfield. To show off her cute kitten, the 27-year-old created an Instagram account for Wesley, who is now 19-months-old.
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .