LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
