A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy. Jacopo Rigotti, of Val Di Cembra, Trento, Italy, photographed the bird as she flew towards her nest, located in the trunk of a black pine tree, before feeding her hungry chicks a beakful of insects. The 25-year-old photographer says: "I decided to set up the camera on a tripod at the base of the tree, along with a flash that would help to prevent shadows in the photographs."
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .