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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .