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…
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .