A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths. Leaping towards each other and baring their teeth, the territorial red foxes were caught settling their disagreement by photographer Menno Schaefer. The 47-year-old, of Amsterdam, Holland, witnessed the fight in Zandvoort, whilst on a walk through the Dutch town's sand dunes.
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
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 .