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.
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
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 .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .