CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape. Pictures show a variety of styles beard categories from Amish and Dali to Imperial and freestyle. The entrants were part of the New Orleans Just for Men National Beard and Moustache Championships in the USA.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .