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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SOARING TAWNY OWL DELIVERS DINNER

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DOTING SEAL TICKLES HER PUP

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UNUSUAL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP

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SOUTHERN CROSSED AURORA

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

BOXING DAY SQUIRRELS

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STUNNING INTERSTELLAR PATTERNS

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SCOTTISH COUPLE MARRY INSIDE BEAUTIFUL ICELANDIC CAVE

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POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO

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NEW DELHI CHILD RAPE PROTESTS

NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .

ASTOUNDING VIEWS FROM THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD

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STABBED BY SON

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