A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .