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 .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .