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."
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .