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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
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 .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .