PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .

Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .