Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg. Sailing in the middle of a freshwater lake, the fishermen keep both hands free by perching on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the boat’s oar. Photographer David Lazar visited Inle Lake in the Taunggyi District of Shan State, Myanmar, also known as Burma, where the distinctive fishermen are a regular fixture.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .