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.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .