CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis. As the green praying mantis lifts its body and prepares for battles, the amber bug simply stares into the face of the much larger rival. Photographer Monica Anantyowati captured the tense staredown in a garden close to her home in Malang, Indonesia.

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SNOOZING SEAL PUP

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JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE

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 .

CHEEKY BABY GORILLA

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HIDDEN HIMALAYAN FESTIVAL

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PRISON HOTEL

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

BLIND MAN BEATEN WITH BRICK FOR SAYING HELLO

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