CONTRACT CANCELLED, DO NOT SYNDICATE. A Portuguese photographer captured the Northern Lights dancing in the sky above Iceland in a series of mirror-like images. Jose Ramos, of Lisbon, Portugal, visited coastal settings in Iceland to photograph the spectacular auroa borelias reflected in water, as well as the stunning surroundings. The 33-year-old psychiatrist spent a week travelling around the European island, visiting such locations as Mount Kirkjufell and Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon.
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .