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 Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .