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."
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
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 .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .