A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography. Climbing up a tiny set of makeshift stairs, the bushy-tailed rodent carefully inspects a camera before observing the colourful autumnal view. Behind a different camera, 48-year-old photographer Geert Weggen captured the scene in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden. Geert says: "Seeing the little squirrel behind the camera was really amusing."
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
