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
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .