A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below. Photographer Heng-Yao Bai scaled great heights to capture the view above the fog that floats over buildings and in-between mountains. The 49-year-old trekked up Hehuanshan mountain, where he stood at 11,207ft to photograph the fog covered city of Nantou in Taiwan.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .