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 .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
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 .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .