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.
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .