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."
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .