PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

A fish almost escapes the beak of a bird as they both soar through the air .

At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .