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 young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .