From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States. The breath-taking images were taken by Randy P. Martin, 30, of Portland, Oregon, who travelled hundreds of miles across America and documented the most diverse and beautiful settings along the way. For Randy, the past year has seen him undertake countless road trips, navigate his route with maps made from napkins - with the help of Google Earth, walk miles across fields of lava rock and wake at 3am to see sunrise at 14,000 feet
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
