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."
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
