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."
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .