With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining. Just like the bike used by Timmy at The Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic adaption of Stephen King’s novel, the images exudes an unnerving dread. The tenants at the Round Mansion in west Belgium are long gone, but the bedrooms are still occupied by expensive furniture and ornaments. These eerie photographs were captured by London urban explorer Andre Govia, 37, after he decided to start documenting his love of abandoned buildings.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .