ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home. This multi-functional house, believed to have belonged to a doctor and his family, has slowly been concealed by dust, having been left to decay for over a decade. This abandoned house was photographed by French photographer Matti Decaux, who searched high and low to find the property in Virton, Belgium.
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .