WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .