COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

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 .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .