World Pictures/Videos of the Day

Daredevil Julian Mittermaier balancing on a huge 224 metre highline on August 2014 in Valais, Switzerland
Picture: BARCROFT MEDIA



This is the moment a hawk was photobombed by a wasp. Elena Murzyn, 22, captured the image of the Cooper's hawk looking startled as the yellow and black striped insect buzzed in front of him while on a visit to Seattle.
Picture: ELENA MURZYN / MERCURY PRESS



Keen photographer Harry Eggens from Groningen, Netherlands took this shot of a pair of swans in deep snow in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan


Picture: HARRY EGGENS/MERCURY

A man dressed as Santa Claus poses on a ledge on the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz square in Berlin
Picture: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke



A reindeer herder for the Cairgorm Herd feed the deer at The Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. Reindeer were introduced to Scotland in 1952 by Swedish Sami reindeer herder, Mikel Utsi. Starting with just a few reindeer the herd has now grown in numbers over the years and is currently at about 130.
Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images



Christmas lights on display in Byron Road, New Milton, Hampshire where each year, a group of residents on Byron Road switch on their lights to raise money for local charities.
Picture: Andrew Mathews/PA



A man passes a house built upside-down in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk...
Picture: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin



...The house was constructed as an attraction for local residents and tourists.
Picture: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin



A competitor takes part in the Fancy Dress December Dip at Parliament Hill Lido in north London. Four hundred swimmers donned fancy dress and took part in the annual event in a water temperature of 5 degrees celsius.
Picture: REUTERS/Toby Melville



Elena Radionova of Russia performs during day four of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2014/2015 at Barcelona International Convention Centre in Barcelona, Spain
Picture: David Ramos/Getty Images



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Best way to play a practical joke on your drunk friend by putting him inside that house and watch his reaction when wakes up..lol!

A hungry elephant has been caught on camera teetering up on its hind legs and stretching to reach food- just like a giraffe. Giovanni Casini, 35, from Pisa, Italy took the picture in Mana Pools Park, in the north of Zimbabwe.
Picture: GIOVANNI CASINI / CATERS NEWS



This photo of a robin was taken an 18-year-old photographer who lives in Somerset sees the world differently to most but loves to capture the natural world and particularly enjoys photographing birds.
Picture: Oliver Hellowell/Rex Features



Ashlee Montague and her fiance Richard Hankes are no ordinary couple. The dancers-turned-acrobats have a penchant for taking the perfect photo wherever they travel. Ballet-dancer Ashlee is elegantly held above Richard's head and strikes a pose.
Picture: Photo.fr/Rex Features



A green sea turtle called Greedy Boris gets in a flap over a Christmas treat of sprouts fed to him by senior aquarist Charles-Edouard Fusari at the Sea Life London Aquarium
Picture: Ian Gavan/Getty Images



People get their skates on a skating rink hosted on the Eiffel Tower's first floor in Paris
Picture: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images



The skating rink hosted in the glass-roofed central hall of the Grand Palais in Paris
Picture: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images



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Miragedriver said:

A hungry elephant has been caught on camera teetering up on its hind legs and stretching to reach food- just like a giraffe. Giovanni Casini, 35, from Pisa, Italy took the picture in Mana Pools Park, in the north of Zimbabwe.
Picture: GIOVANNI CASINI / CATERS NEWS
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I've heard a huge elephant can even like pull off the whole tree if there's something tasty too high in the tree-top ... but I have no idea if it's true

Jura said:

I've heard a huge elephant can even like pull off the whole tree if there's something tasty too high in the tree-top ... but I have no idea if it's true

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Elephants push rather than pull down large trees. Not only because of something tasty but getting rid of some trees will allow more grasses to grow, which is the elephants' staple food.

An elderly couple sit on chairs at sunset on the Promenade Des Anglais in Nice
Picture: REUTERS



Thousands of lights decorate moose statues in Stockholm
Picture: AFP/Getty Images



Blueberry Island, located in the Laurentian Mountains of Canada
Picture: Mercury Press & Media Ltd



Yearlings butt their heads together at a private farm near the village Lizavetin, southwest of Minsk
Picture: REUTERS



People take pictures in front of a Christmas light installation in Nice, southeastern France
Picture: AFP/Getty Images



US actress Priscilla Presley poses with Elvis Presley's Lincoln Continental car during a photocall for the 'Elvis at the O2' exhibition
Picture: AFP/Getty Images



Pictures of (LtoR) Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Germany's Manuel Neuer and Argentina's Lionel Messi reflecting themselves in the Ballon d'Or 2014 trophy displayed at the Mellerio jewelery workshops in Paris
Picture: AFP/Getty Images



Strings of lights are fixed at the fountain in front of the Old Opera in Frankfurt, Germany
Picture: AP



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Sherrie Abbott was driving to see sister Georgina Barron when a winged figure appeared in the sky. The carer quickly told her daughter Laranca Cunningham, 17, to snap a picture of the celestial vision which hung in the otherwise cloudless sky for 30 minutes. She reckons it was a festive message from her father Colin Abbott, who passed away 20 years ago. The single-mum from Boston, Lincolnshire, said: 'I just started sobbing. It was absolutely stunning.'
Picture: Laranca Cunningham/swns.com



Pope Francis, who's 78th birthday is today, blows out candles on a cake as he arrives to lead his general audience at the Vatican
Picture: REUTERS/Tony Gentile



A white beluga whale wears a Santa hat at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo
Picture: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images



A scuba diver dressed in a Santa Claus outfit feeds turtles during a show at Aquaria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Picture: EPA/AZHAR RAHIM



Clutching tightly on to a finger, this cute little western pygmy possum is actually one of the largest of its species. Native to Australia, the tiny nocturnal marsupial looks wide-eyed in the daylight as it holds on. The picture was taken by Phd student Amanda McLean, of Adelaide University, on a field trip on northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Picture: National Pictures / Amanda McLean



Two brave adventurers have body-boarded down Europe's longest glacier. Seen carving their way through the icy rivers of the Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland, the pair are seen risking their lives for an adrenalin rush of a whole new kind...
Picture: DAVID CARLIER / CATERS NEWS



...Swiss mountain guide, Claude-Alain Gailland and canyon activity specialist, Gilles Janin, are part of only a handful people in the world qualified enough to perform the treacherous run. The daredevils risked being carried away by strong currents and even drowning in hidden crevices to complete the winding seven mile journey.
Picture: DAVID CARLIER / CATERS NEWS



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Bravest cat/animal in the world!
This is actually obedience training in self control for police K9 units.

kwaigonegin said:

Bravest cat/animal in the world!
This is actually obedience training in self control for police K9 units.

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Fantastic picture kwaigonegin! There is a joke waiting to be written for this photograph.

I wonder if the cat is from a cat training academy?



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A pod of humpback whales emerge from the water to swallow large pockets of herring, using the technique of bubble feeding to catch the shoal of fish. Seatle photographer Jon Cornforth photographed the magnificent creatures during a tour of Alaska's Inside Passage.
Picture: Jon Cornforth / Barcroft Media



Tian Tian the giant panda prepares to eat a special Christmas panda cake crafted in the shape of a Christmas tree in the outdoor enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo
Picture: REUTERS/Russell Cheyne



These turkeys have avoided the dinner table and will instead sit in front of the TV this Christmas - as they star in new review show, 'Gobblebox.' The new show is a spin on Friday night telly favourite - Gogglebox. Just like the well-loved stars from Gogglebox do, 10 charismatic turkeys will sit on the sofa and share their bird's eye view of what's on the box. TalkTalk is helping viewers across the country enjoy the best of Christmas television with a brand new TV review show called 'Gobblebox.' The new show is set to air this afternoon at 1pm on the TalkTalk channel on YouTube.
Picture: Solent News



A view from the roof of the Commercial Travellers Club building in Martin Place of the thousands of floral tributes for deceased hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson in Sydney, Australia
Picture: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images



A man dives into a wave at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Picture: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images



A Christian worshiper prays in the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus Christ's birth, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem
Picture: MUSA AL-SHAER/AFP/Getty Images



A couple who endured four devastating miscarriages are finally celebrating their first Christmas as family- after the mother gave birth to miracle quadruplets
Picture: Caters News Agency



Dozens of unusual dinner plate sized ice blocks were spotted in the River Dee in Aberdeenshire by biologist Jamie Urquhar
Picture: Newsline Media



Atle Helland's entry of a landscape in the AC-FOTO German Mega Circuit photography competition
Picture: A. Helland /AC-FOTO gmc/Solent



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