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Northern Light In Iowa

2015-12-09T20:02:00.002-08:00

The Northern Lights shine over Pilot Knob State Park in Iowa

Picture: Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP

Deadly Hammocks

2015-12-02T00:27:00.006-08:00

A group of 26 people walked across a 209m (685ft) long highline rigged more than 50m (164ft) above the ground before getting comfortable in 17 brightly coloured hammocks. Monte Piana in the Italian Dolomites provided the perfect backdrop for the hammocks, where those inside read newspapers, played instruments, ate, and passed each other drinks.

Picture: Sebastian Wahlhuetter/Aurora Photos/Solent News

Torpedo Owl

2015-11-30T12:31:00.002-08:00

With its wings folded next to its body this northern hawk owl was caught mid-flap and looking rather like a torpedo by Jani Yikangas in Kokkola, Finland.

Picture: Jani Yikangas/Caters

Mother Cheetah Kisses Her Cub

2015-11-27T12:09:00.003-08:00

A mother cheetah and her tiny cub nuzzle and play together in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Picture: Anup Shah/Solent News & Photo Agency

Red Shoes Of Missing Mexican Women

2015-04-15T09:41:00.003-07:00

Red shoes have been spread over a square in Mexico City during a demonstration against the violence and disappearance of women in Mexico's capital

Picture: Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media

Lizard Chilling Out

2015-04-11T02:39:00.002-07:00

A chilled out forest dragon lizard was photographed in Jogja, Indonesia by its owner

Picture: Roni Hendrawan/HotSpot Media

Swimming Pig

2015-04-10T08:58:00.006-07:00

A pig paddles in the crystal blue water as bemused tourists watch on in the Exuma Cays in the Bahamas. Twenty domestic pigs live on the uninhabited island Big Major Cay, commonly known as Pig Beach.

Picture: Frogfish Photography / Barcroft Media

Clinging On To Mommy

2015-04-09T11:09:00.001-07:00

Baby chimpanzee Dayo sleeps on the back of its mother on a warm spring at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Picture: AP Photo/Martin Meissner

Potato Cod With Divers

2014-08-18T19:57:00.000-07:00

A huge fish kept popping up to say hello while diver John Gransbury, 34, from Brisbane, Australia was enjoying a deep sea dive. John was diving with a group off the coast of Lizard Island and was amazed to see such a rare, huge potato cod following him around, interacting with with the divers and even puckering up for kiss.

Picture: Caters

Lovebirds Struck By A Lightning

2014-08-18T01:28:00.004-07:00

'Together in electric dreams': Canadian couple Kassandra Sadker and Craig Nichols appeared to be struck by lightning as photographer Elizabeth Van Der Bij took this engagement photo

Picture: Elizabeth Van Der Bij/MEDAVIA.CO.UK

Lion With A Bad Hair Day

2014-08-16T17:17:00.000-07:00

This lion seems to be having a bad hair day at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent. The dishevelled King of the Jungle was less than impressed when he got caught in the rain, and his normally glorious mane was flattened. The lion peeped open one eye just as Gary Brookshaw, 43, from Glasgow managed to snap the perfect shot.

Picture: Gary Brookshaw/Caters

Amazing Drift Wood Sculpture

2013-08-08T22:24:00.003-07:00

Artist Paul Baliker is photographed with his sculpture made entirely of drift wood. The artwork includes sculptures of deer, giraffes, monkeys and even rhinos.

Picture: Paul Baliker/HotSpot Media

Let's Throw Colored Powder

2013-08-03T19:23:00.001-07:00

People covered in a brightly coloured powder thrown in the air during the Holi One Festival, at Battersea Power Station in London.

Picture: YUI MOK/PA

Fishermen At Work

2013-08-03T01:26:00.003-07:00

Fishermen at work in the traditional port of Alue Naga, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Picture: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK/AP

Magnificent Waterspouts

2013-08-02T14:59:00.004-07:00

Four waterspouts are seen off the Greek Island of Orthoni.

Picture: ROBERTO GUIDICI/CATERS

Saving My TV

2013-08-01T20:00:00.002-07:00

A flood-affected man carries his television set to a safer place, after heavy monsoon rains caused a rise in the water levels of the river Ganges, in city of Allahabad, India.

Picture: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

Tasmanian Devil Joey

2013-07-31T23:27:00.004-07:00

Threatened species keeper Monika Zabinskis with a Tasmanian Devil joey, who is being hand reared at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Picture: REX FEATURES

Lego In Space

2013-07-31T19:35:00.003-07:00

Four friends of Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, have built an aerostatic baloon and sent it up to 32,000 kms into the atmosphere, with Florence flag and a toy astronaut.

Picture: Splashnews

Little Doggy With Its New Feet

2013-07-31T04:34:00.001-07:00

Billy shows off his new set of wheels with his friend, Theo. The poodle/Jack Russell cross, who lost the use of his back legs when he slipped a disc, now happily scoots around on his custom-built frame, which cost his owner £300.

Picture: CASCADE NEWS

Fireworks @ Tomorrowland Festival

2013-07-30T18:14:00.005-07:00

Fireworks light up the night sky during the 3rd day of the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium.

Picture: JONAS ROOSENS/AFP

World Biggest Drum Kit

2013-07-29T17:37:00.004-07:00

Mark Temperato, who goes by the stage name RevM, has smashed the record for the world's biggest drum kit with a staggering 813 individual pieces. Weighing more than a massive 5000lbs, it takes Mark more than an hour to strike each individual instrument in his kit.

Picture: CATERS

Colourful Mountains In China

2013-07-29T07:21:00.001-07:00

The stunning Danxia Scenic Area in Zhangye City, northwest Chinas Gansu Province. Danxia, which means rosy cloud, is a special landform formed from reddish sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations.

Picture: CATERS

Swimming Ponnies

2013-07-28T21:55:00.005-07:00

Chincoteague Ponies swim across Assateague Channel in a heavy downpour during the 88th Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim in Virginia, USA. The swim is part of a week of events on Chincoteague and Assateague desinged to thin out the herd of wild ponies in the area. It culminates in an auction of foals, which number around 50 this year.

Picture: AP

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Diadem

2013-07-28T18:11:00.002-07:00

The diamond diadem worn by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her way from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey for her 1953 Coronation is displayed at the exhibition 'The Queen's Coronation 1953' at Buckingham Palace in central London.

Picture: LEFTERIS PITARAKIS/AP

Snail Sitting On Top of A Sleeping Frog

2013-07-28T08:28:00.000-07:00

A snail enjoys a long game of leapfrog as it takes eight minutes to calmly climb over a frog before reaching its destination. Photographer Lessy Sebastian, from Jakarta, Indonesia, captured this rare moment in his front garden.

Picture: Lessy Sebastian/Solent News