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.
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
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 .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .