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.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
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 .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .