A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile. The laid-back female leopard, named Romi, appears to be unfazed by the dangerous reptile, despite its rows of razor-sharp teeth. The pair were spotted by photographer Elmar Weiss and tour guide Alfred Korir on the bank of the Mara River in the Musiara Marsh, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Elmar, 46, of Hamburg, Germany, says: “We watched nervously as Romi climbed down a grassy slope towards the edge of the river."
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .