With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood. From Prometheus to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Game of Thrones, Iceland is home to some of the most popular films and TV shows. ‘It’s no surprise at all that Hollywood is filming in Iceland,’ says photographer Peter Rolf Hammer, of Melbourne, Australia.. ‘The scenery is spectacular.'
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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 .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .