OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled. Taken aback, he sits with his hands clasped and jaw dropped. The surprised eastern grey squirrel was photographed by Lithuanian photographer Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a trip to Bushy Park in London. ‘Even though his little face looks like he’s in a state of complete surprise, he was actually yawning and very sleepy,’ says Giedrius, now of London.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .