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.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
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 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .