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.
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .