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.
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .