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.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .