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 man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
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 .