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.
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
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 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .