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 trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .