SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible. The small group of European ground squirrels compete with one another as they eagerly nibble at their lunch at the Radouc Nature reserve in the Czech Republic. The lunch break was captured by 33-year-old photographer and engineer Jiri Michal, as he spent the afternoon at the reserve.
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .