From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours. Daniel Parent photographed the birds as they fed from an array of tropical flowers in Rio Segundo, Costa Rica. The 53-year-old photographer, of Gatineau, Quebec, says: “These little creatures are truly a spectacle to witness.
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
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 .