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. Aware of her hitchhikers, the female red deer seems unfazed as the starlings arrive. The scene was photographed by 16-year-old student Samuel Aron on a day out in Richmond Park, London. Samuel, of Watford, says: ‘I have seen this behaviour before from starlings, but I have never seen so many on one deer.
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .