From shooting hoops to performing kick ups, a boy has a ball with the moon. Captured in stark silhouette, the boy performs a series of lunar tricks against the sky. The creative images were created by self-taught Albanian photographer Adrian Limani, 22. 'I live in a place where you can't do much, but my camera and the internet have helped me to break out and get noticed,' says student Adrian. 'I don't need a lot to create these photographs. All I need is my imagination, my brother and, of course, my camera.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .