An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .