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…
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
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 .