SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .