POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline.Exploding from the looming clouds, the flashes of lightning create an impressive display for the residents of Sassari, a city on the island of Sardinia, which sits to the west of Italy.Watching as bolts of lightning hit the Mediterranean Sea, photographer and student Daniele Macis stood on his rooftop and captured the phenomenon that took place earlier this month.
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .