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
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .