From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits. The delicious designs are the work of Nathan Shields, of Port Angeles, Washington. The 34 year old illustrator started making pancakes with fun themes as a way to entertain his children, Gryphon, 6, and Alice, 3. Nathan, a former maths teacher, says: 'I found myself in charge of our young children, with a lot of free time.
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .