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.
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .