Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world. These photographs, taken on board an Airbus A320, provide a stunning series of views from the plane’s sky-high cockpit. Cabin crew worker Sikander Naveed captured these images above Nepal and Bangladesh. The 31-year-old insists he took the job on board the commercial passenger jet airliner so he would have the opportunity to photograph the view from the cockpit.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .