HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain. Using the large, flat plant as an umbrella, the young owls wince as the raindrops bounce off their make-shift roof. The rainy scene was captured by 36-year-old photographer, Tanto Yensen at a small park near his home in Jakarta, Indonesia.
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .