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.
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
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A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
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