DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A "supermoon" rises this weekend .

SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .