DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating. With his paws resting over the edge of the basin, he carefully recharges himself as he takes in his surroundings. The thirsty red squirrel was photographed by Dutch photographer and carpenter Geert Weggen in his garden in Bispgarden, Sweden.
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A transgender model, who has spent £180k on surgery to become a ‘desirable’ woman, has told of her struggle to find a man who is openly accepting of trans-women .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .