An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert. Surrounded by vast desert and distant snow topped mountains, the enormous satellite dishes, dome-shaped buildings and telescopes are run by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) , an intergovernmental body dedicated to observing space. Photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza was granted access to several observatory sites.
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
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 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .