RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles. Soaring through the air at 200mph, the eagles race to reach their keeper, in order to win first place in an annual festival, which celebrates the heritage of the Kazakh people. The Golden Eagle festival is held every October in Bayan-Olgii, a province in western Mongolia. Belgian photographer and software developer Stefan Cruysberghs captured the photographs when he travelled to the region to witness the occasion first-hand.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
