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.
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
