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.
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
