A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon. After managing the climb up, the turtle appears blissfully unaware of his passenger as he cools off on the hot day and relaxed on the back of the shell of its turtle-pal. The amusing photograph, taken by photographer Lessy Sebastian, 48, was captured at the side of the pond at his home in Jakarta, Indonesia.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake.
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo.
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350.
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album.