OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .