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.
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .