BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo. Photographer Lessy Sebastian watched in awe as he witnessed the powerful feline pounce on a chicken held by a zoo keeper. The 51-year-old spent two hours at the tiger enclosure when he visited Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia. Lessy, of Jakarta, Indonesia, says: “It was pure luck that I arrived just in time to see the tigers being fed.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
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 .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .