AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .