SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world. After starting wingsuit flying just seven years ago, American Ellen Brennan, 26, has quickly established a name for herself in the flying world. Gliding above the ground at over 3,500 metres, she effortlessly sails through the sky, giving the birds a run for their money. 'I started skydiving with my dad when I was 18, and then when I got bored of that I started BASE jumping from hot air balloons, bridges and small cliffs,' said Ellen
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .