A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .