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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .