CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

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.

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ABANDONED CARE HOME LIES FORGOTTEN

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

THE GREAT ESCAPE

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STABBED BY SON

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BEAR AND FOX IN SHOWDOWN

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ALL ABOARD THE MONKEY EXPRESS

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THE EVOLUTION OF GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

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VETERAN BEATEN IN REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND ATTACK

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BRITISH COUPLE FIRST TO TIE THE KNOT INSIDE A GLACIER

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MAN AND NATURE

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

THE ENCHANTING FOREST OF FIREFLIES

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 .

FRIENDS REUNITED

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RELAXING OTTER

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