Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut. Pictured in a frosty forest with their little paws dusted with snow, the pair of squirrels reach for and pass around the nut. The brilliant images were captured by radio company engineer Vadim Trunov when he spotted these sporty squirrels in a forest in the Voronezh region of Russia. The 30-year-old, of Voronezh, Russia, says: “I started taking pictures of squirrels in the woods two months ago.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .