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.
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .