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
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .