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.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .