SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .