WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction. Life's a BEECH for worshipers at this church that is now POPLAR with foreign tourists since being SPRUCED up after locals PINED for a revamp in recent years. Thanks to the carpentry genius of her creators this 123-foot-tall church complex is held together only by wooden rivets without a nail in sight. The Russian Orthodox Church buildings called Kizhi Pogost are 150-miles east of the Russian border with Finland. The impressive domes of the pair of churches tower over the surrounding countryside and were designed to attract the Christian community of this remote wilderness to one spot on a small island called Kizhi on the waters of Lake Onega. Kizhi Pogost is such a rare example of religious architecture that the site it was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1990…
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .