An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake. Pictured in the Scottish Highlands, the bird hits the water before lifting off with a rainbow trout in its talons. The striking photographs were captured by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron, of Watford, when he visited the Rothiemurchus fishery in Aviemore, Scotland.
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
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An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .