An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows. Standing on a flimsy wooden frame, the daredevil rider is a participant in an annual cattle race in the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra, Indonesia. Mud-caked competitors are dragged through paddy fields as part of Pacu Jawi, a festival where locals celebrate the end of the rice harvesting season. Indonesian photographer Teddy Winanda, 37, who has attended the event since 2012, witnessed this year’s race.
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .