HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
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 .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .