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.
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .