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 TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .