BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .