SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible. The small group of European ground squirrels compete with one another as they eagerly nibble at their lunch at the Radouc Nature reserve in the Czech Republic. The lunch break was captured by 33-year-old photographer and engineer Jiri Michal, as he spent the afternoon at the reserve.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
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 .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .