A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon. After managing the climb up, the turtle appears blissfully unaware of his passenger as he cools off on the hot day and relaxed on the back of the shell of its turtle-pal. The amusing photograph, taken by photographer Lessy Sebastian, 48, was captured at the side of the pond at his home in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
