Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion. The adorable rodent, which is just 55mm long, is dwarfed by the flower and covered with dandelion seeds. The harvest mouse was photographed by maintenance engineer Martin Snelson when he visited a farm in Ashton-in-Makerfield and spotted the curious creature.
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
