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.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .