AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns. Captured 20 million light years away, this is star gazing at its best. These amazing photographs were taken by English sales manager Terry Hancock, 60. He is able to capture the astounding images from his back garden in Michigan, America. ‘My astronomy photographs all show deep sky objects, many of them thousands or millions of light years away from Earth,’ says Terry, originally of Burnley, Lancashire.
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
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 .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .