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A kingfisher emerges from the water with its lunch after diving into a river at speeds approaching 70mph. Scientist Fabio Pittarello took the eye-opening shots while visiting the River Brenta, near Venice, Italy.
Picture: Fabio Pittarello / Media Drum


An Indian rock python attempts to swallow a goat near the Sonakhali Reserve Forest in Jalpaiguri, India. The astonishing feat of digestion was caught on camera by photographer Roni Choudhury. The giant snake, estimated to be up to 10ft long, can be seen steadily stretching its mouth around the goat's lifeless body.
Picture: Roni Chowdhury / Barcroft india


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Goose use its body to protect its eggs from fire.

Spanish apprentice bullfighter Fernando Rey is gored by a steer during the San Isidro Fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain
Picture: EPA



A young boy rests his head in his hands in front of a house which was destroyed after a tornado swept through the area the previous night in Van, Texas
Picture: REUTERS



The Emirates pitch is marked out before the match between Arsenal and Swansea City
Picture: David Price/Arsenal FC



Jakarta-based creative design professional Kurit Afsheen took this funny shot of a tree frog enjoying a gymnastic work out on a branchPicture: Kurit Afsheen / Media Drum


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A photographer captured the startling moment a great white shark burst out of the water opening its jaws just feet away from a cameraman. Australian filmmaker Dave Riggs snapped the dramatic image off the coast of Port Lincoln, Australia, while he was filming for Discovery Channel's Shark Week. The shark, almost 15ft in length, appeared for the once-in-a-lifetime shot after Dave had dipped his other camera into the water. Although the image appears aggressive - the shark, jaws wide open, has scratches and blood across its face - Dave said she was simply checking out the surroundings.
Picture: Caters



Taronga Zoo vet Frances Hulst has released endangered green sea turtle Alice back into the ocean off North Head in Sydney, New South Wales. Alice was treated by zoo staff after she was found entangled in fishing line near Port Stephens in January. After having the line cut from her flipper and feet at a local animal hospital, X-rays revealed several fishing hooks, including one in her throat. Alice was then sent to Taronga, where the hook was removed, and vets nursed her back to health.
Picture: Newspix/REX Shutterstock



Swiss pilot and aviation enthusiast Yves Rossy (R) known as the Jetman and Frenchman Vince Reffett flying over Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Picture: EPA/ALI HAIDER



A huge supercell dominates the Texas skyline like an atomic bomb explosion near Lubbock, Texas. This incredible image was taken on April 11th by photographer Darin Kuntz who has spent his entire life in so-called Tornado Alley. And Darin confirmed that he snapped the storm standing in his backyard in Lubbock, Texas.
Picture: Darin Kuntz / Barcroft Media



The glow from the erupting Villarrica volcano lights up the night sky near Pucon town, Chile
Picture: REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra


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A dragonfly balances on the head of a gecko as it takes a breather from hunting smaller insects. Local amateur photographer Hendy MP took the picture in his garden near his home in Sambas, Indonesia.
Picture: Hendy Mp / Media Drum



Orphaned fox Dinozzo plays with Ziva the collie in Oberscheld, Germany. The fox cub was rescued after a road accident killed his mum and has now bounced back to health – thanks to a caring collie. He was inspected by a vet and was adopted by animal lovers Werner and Angelika Schmaing from Oberscheld, Germany. Under their watchful care the fox has gone from strength to strength – and has now begun to believe it is one of the dogs.
Picture: Animal Press / Barcroft Media



Molten lava flows from Mount Etna during a volcanic eruption in Sicily, Italy. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity.
Picture: Marco Restivo / Barcroft Media


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A man drives a motor cart at dawn as he takes passengers into town from the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Motorcycle-based transportation continues to be popular in the developing nation due to the relative low cost and fuel-efficiency despite the increase in the use of cars in recent years.
Picture: Heng Sinith/AP



A goat stuck on a roof in the Czech Republic's village of Nehasice in the region of Ustecko
Picture: Europics



A mother and baby walk past US military armoured vehicles parked outside Ploiesti, Romania
Picture: AP


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A group of 300 sub-Saharan Africans sit on board the Italian Finance Police vessel Di Bartolo as their boat is left to adrift off the coast of Sicily. Around 1100 migrants were rescued off the coast of Sicily, about 130 miles from Lampedusa, according to the police.
Picture: REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi



Boca Juniors fans cheer their team before a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen soccer match against River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am a River Plate Fan not Boca
Picture: AP/Natacha Pisarenko



Marcelo Gallardo coach of Argentina's River Plate leaves the field under the protection of police shields after a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Boca Juniors was cancelled in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Conmebol authorities and referee Dario Herrera canceled the game after pepper spray was thrown from the stands towards River Plate players before the start of the second half of the game.
Picture: AP/Natacha Pisarenko



Around 1,600 sheep blocked more than half a mile of road in Dunedin, New Zealand
Picture: Yair Tzur/Solent News & Photo Agency



Rohingya migrants jump to collect food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter from a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman sea
Picture: AFP/Getty Images


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A pedestrian walks with an umbrella as lightning strikes during an evening thunderstorm in Jammu
Picture: Rakesh Bakshi/AFP/Getty Images



Frankfurt's defender Marith Priessen (L) and Paris Saint-Germain's forward Marie-Laure Delie head for the ball during the UEFA Champions League women football match final
Picture: AFP/Getty Images



A Palestinian street vendor carries balloons on a street in Gaza City
Picture: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images



A gust of wind takes Emma Stone by surprise during a photocall for the film "Irrational Man" at the 68th Cannes Film Festival
Picture: REUTERS/Yves Herman



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'I'm singin' in the rain': A crafty squirrel looks prepared for the British weather - crouching beneath an umbrella to keep dry. The cute critter appeared to be taking shelter during a downpour last week by holding the mini brolly above its head. Kind-hearted photographer Max Ellis, 52, set up the hilarious scene during a recent shower to give the squirrels a brief break from the rain. He tempted them in by hanging the toy on stealth fishing line in his garden in Teddington, south west London, before coating it in sunflower seeds and peanut butter.
Picture: MAX ELLIS / CATERS NEWS



A super sunrise with contrails looking across the Thames estuary
Picture: Alamy



Russian diver Artem Silchenko dives from the 27.5 metre platform on the Saint Nicolas Tower during the second stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at La Rochelle, France. Gary Hunt of the UK won the event, with fellow Briton Blake Aldridge placing second and Orlando Duque of Colombia third.
Picture: Vincent Curutchet/AFP/Getty Images



U.S. Courtney Conlogue surfs to win the final of the World Surf League (WSL) Rio Pro championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday. Conlogue defeated South Africa's Bianca Buitendag to win the championship.
Picture: AP Photo/Felipe Dana


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