SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws. This mid-air takeaway was captured by Malaysian photographer Phoo Chan on a trip to Gomes Park in Fremont, California, USA. ‘At first glance this looks like a fight over food, but it is actually an adult white-tailed kite offering her freshly caught vole to her chick,’ says 50-year-old Phoo, of California. Being able to catch the vole in mid-air is part of the chick’s formative training, before the bird is old enough to hunt on his own.
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world.
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013.
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another.
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013.
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public.
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish.
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara.
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair.