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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .