This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow. Standing in temperatures well below freezing, the lighthouse is transformed into a giant icicle. These stunning photographs were captured by American photographer Thomas Zakowski, 56, after he visited several frozen lighthouses on a trip to Michigan; United States after a storm hit the state. “The lighthouses were frozen solid by the waves that came crashing down against the pier,” says Thomas, of South Bend, Indiana.
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .