A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs. The feisty ants, all desperately trying to keep hold of their dinner, are eventually joined by a small colony of weaver ants as they all bid to take the prize home. The struggle over the horse fly was photographed in Tiruvalla, Kerala, India in the back garden of Sreekumar Mahadevan Pillai. The 39-year-old Indian neurosurgeon says: “There is a huge teak tree leaning over my terrace which hosts millions of weaver ants.
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An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
A teenage girl nicknamed 'spotty dog' by school bullies has embraced the hundreds of birthmarks that cover her entire face and body .
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A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A woman who had three botched nose jobs finally feels pretty after forking out £8 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
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Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
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Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .