Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street. Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the "shocking and horrific" murder in Woolwich, southeast London as the Prime Minister prepares to meet his top advisers to address potential security implications. Relatives of the dead soldier are believed to have been informed but he has yet to be named. Scotland Yard's police commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, confirmed that two men had been arrested.
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
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An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
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