An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head. The European eagle owl appears to take great pleasure in landing on the head of anyone walking through the field in the town of Noordeinde in northern Netherlands. Photographer Menno Schaefer visited the location after hearing about the bird's unusual behaviour. The 48-year-old, of Zaandam, Netherlands, says: 'I had heard a lot about the owl and decided to visit the site to see it in action for myself.
A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
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SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .