FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat. Aerial shots of some of the TWO-MILLION pink flying birds that gather to feed in the world's largest desert lake resemble the type of tiny pink microbes they eat and give them their distinctive pink colour. But if you look a little closer you'll see the fantastic feathered creatures skimming gently over the serene waters of Lake Turkana in Kenya's spectacular Rift Valley. Travel photographer Michael Poliza, 55, from Hamburg in Germany travelled to the great lakes of Kenya and Tanzania to take these extraordinary pictures of Africa from above. 'These lakes are each an absolute flamingo paradise,' he said.
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
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 .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .