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.
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
