Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street. Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the "shocking and horrific" murder in Woolwich, southeast London as the Prime Minister prepares to meet his top advisers to address potential security implications. Relatives of the dead soldier are believed to have been informed but he has yet to be named. Scotland Yard's police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, confirmed that two men had been arrested.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .