A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .