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.
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
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 .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .