SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner. After swooping down from a branch to catch its prey, the owl safely hands over a field mouse to his family in their nest. The breathtaking photographs were captured by Italian photographer Jacopo Rigotti, 24, after he spent weeks photographing the majestic birds in South Tyrol, Italy. “My home is surrounded by forests, rivers and mountains and I am always in close contact with many species of owls,” says Jacopo, of Trentino, Italy.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .