Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions. The porcupines, after leaving their spikey mark, hurry away from the pack of big cats. But they are unable to escape when the pride's alpha male lion arrives and devours the retreating spine covered rodents. Amateur photographer and software tester Philip Eglise witness the battle during a trip to the Kalahari Desert, South Africa .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .