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 grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
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Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .