An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows. Standing on a flimsy wooden frame, the daredevil rider is a participant in an annual cattle race in the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Mud-caked competitors are dragged through paddy fields as part of Pacu Jawi, a festival where locals celebrate the end of the rice harvesting season. Indonesian photographer Teddy Winanda, 37, who has attended the event since 2012, witnessed this year’s race.
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .