SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .