A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue. Weighing nearly 36 stone, the female moose was lucky to survive after she slipped through the ice that formed over Muncho Lake in northern British Columbia, Canada. The moose was rescued by travellers, truck drivers and locals after they spotted the animal's head bobbing above the ice.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .