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.
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .