The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel. Set tables lie untouched as the Plaza Hotel, located in Germany, slowly decays. These unnerving photographs were captured by London urban explorer Andre Govia, after he decided to start documenting his love of abandoned buildings. 'I have always loved exploring abandoned buildings and one day I was given an old camera and decided to start documenting the decay,' said Andre.
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
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 .