HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk. With their brown patterned feathers and dark eyes, the beautiful owls possess the perfect forest camouflage. The Indian scops owls, a species of owl native to Asia, were photographed in a jambolan tree by Sarosh Lodhi, who noticed the birds while walking through Pench Tiger Reserve in central India.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .