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."
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .