FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public. This fashion fail could be justified if it was limited to the outdoors - because many ladies in China are particularly sensitive about shielding their faces from the sun. However, some of these women are taking face-protection too far by keeping their visors on even the sun-free INDOORS. This summer ladies across China are scaring small children by wearing what looks more like a welding mask than this season
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .