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.
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
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 .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .