DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey. The osprey swoops in, with its eyes firmly fixed on the trout below, before making a sharp exit with his meal. The moment was photographed by Andrew Lee in El Dorado Park in Long Beach, California. ‘The osprey at this lake circled the edges trying to spot a fish,’ says Andrew, of Irvine, California.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
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 .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .