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.
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
