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."
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
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 .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .