THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .