LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish. The birds jostle with one another as fish is thrown into the lake in Greece. The food fight was photographed in Lake Kerkini in Sintiki, Greece by Jiri Michal. The 34-year-old Czech engineer says: “I lay down on the ground to get in the perfect position to photograph the Dalmatian pelicans, while my colleague threw some Pigo fish into the air for them to catch.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .