TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated. All of the city’s local landmarks, once bustling with students in school or patients awaiting their doctor in hospital, now lie deserted after tragedy struck in April of 1986. Sales manager and photographer Toby Batchelor, 34, travelled to the nuclear site of Pripyat, Chernobyl, to capture these bleak photographs. 'I decided to take a trip to witness the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident,' says Toby, of Derby.
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .