TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .