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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .