THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .