OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .