Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine. Sleeping straight through the afternoon without stirring an inch, he appears content as he lounges about in the sun. The Javan leopard was captured by structural engineer Hannu Soini, 35, of Halsua, Finland, after he managed to take a picture of the sleeping beauty at the Bali Safari Park in Indonesia. 'When I saw the leopard it instantly reminded me of a napping domestic cat,' says Hannu
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .