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
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .