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.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .