A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .