STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .