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."
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .