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
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .