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…
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .