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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
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 .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .