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.
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .