SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
RECORD BREAKING GRAN'S COLLECTION OF NEARLY 800 SHEEP HOTSPOT MEDIA – WITH PICS 0121 551 1004 By Katie Thompson A record-breaking baa-rmy gran with a love for sheep has amassed a collection of nearly 800 woolly wonders .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .