A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
