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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .