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.
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .