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A lion was spotted making friends with a butterfly at a wildlife park in Botswana. The brave butterfly swoops in and lands on the lion's paw as he washes himself in the afternoon sunshine.
Picture: KOBUS SWART / CATERS NEWS



A gull catches and swallows a starling mother as it returned to the nest it had built for its chicks. The photo was taken by Dougie McColl, 51, from Barrhead, Glasgow who watched the horror unfold on his neighbours roof.
Picture: DOOGZ MCCOLL / CATERS NEW



A thrill seeking photographer reached new heights after scaling what will be the world's tallest residential skyscraper. Malaysian daredevil Keow Wee Loong captured these breathtaking images of Dubai’s sprawling landscape on the first day of the Eid festive season.
Picture: Keow Wee Loong / Barcroft Media



The dramatic sight of a tornado ripping through Simla in Colorado
Picture: MORGANTI/STORMEFFECTS.COM/CATERS



Thousands of holidaymakers crowd Levante Beach in Benidorm in eastern Spain. The recent terrorist incident in Tunisia has shifted many tourists away from African beaches to European ones.
Picture: Getty


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gCaptain said:

The Panama Canal Expansion Program is nearing completion with the construction of the Third Set of Locks reaching 90% completion this month.

The Panama Canal Expansion Program creates a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, increasing the waterway’s capacity. The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptying system and rolling gates. Here’s an update on the project from the Panama Canal Authority

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Nice video. They have been working seven years on this.

Cyclists climb the Lacets de Montvernier during the 186,5 km eighteenth stage of the Tour de France between Gap and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the French Alps. The Lacets de Montvernier is a new climb for Le Tour, and few have been as visually arresting.
Picture: Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images



A diver swims above toilets from a wreck near the Yolanda Reef at Ras Mohammad, close to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The famous dive site of the Ras Mohammed National Park contains the remains of the 'Yolanda' wreck, which sank in the 1970s, leaving toilets and bath tubs on the sea bed.
Picture: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA



Fire retardant is dumped from the belly of a tanker plane onto a ridge near a cabin in the Blue Creek Fire area, east of Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Picture: Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP


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A man walks through floodwater after heavy rainfall caused flooding in Peshawar, Pakistan
Picture: REUTERS/Khuram Parvez



Roman Izmailov and Victor Minibaev of Russia perform during the men's 10m platform synchro diving competition at the Aquatics World Championships in Kazan, Russia
Picture: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke



Hot air balloons fly during the Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons festival in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France. The festival runs from 24 July to 02 August.
Picture: EPA/MATHIEU CUGNOT



Team Sky's Chris Froome celebrates winning the 2015 Tour de France on Paris's Champs-Elysees
Picture: PA



Professional surfer Jamie O'Brien is seen tackling a wave off Teahupoo in Tahiti while set on fire. He underwent the stunt while filming his original series 'Who Is JOB 5.0', riding one of the largest waves in the world with flames wrapped around his torso. The stunt took around 12 months of preparation and was overseen by Hollywood stunt coordinator Riley Harper.
Picture: Red Bull/SIPA/REX


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Dairy cows nuzzle a cat as they wait to be milked at a farm in Granby, Quebec
Picture: REUTERS/Christinne Muschi



A great white shark jumps out of the water to attack a decoy seal off the coast of Simons Town, South Africa
Picture: Chutinun Mora/Caters



A baby elephant in the Kruger National Park in South Africa uses a large piece of bark to scratch a hard-to-reach itch on its back
Picture: Sean Parker/Caters



A man jumps from the Old Bridge in Mostar. Diving competitions have been traditionally held here every year since the bridge was built 449 years ago. The 16th-century bridge was destroyed during the war in Bosnia between 1992-1995, rebuilt and opened again in 2004.
Picture: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic



Dirk Hantschmann from Radeberg works on a wooden sculpture of Pinocchio during the International Wood Sculpture Competition in Tornau, Germany
Picture: EPA/HENDRIK SCHMIDT


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Three was definitely not a crowd for these hungry creatures as they all managed to feed at the same time from a single flower. The hummingbird and wasp were the first of the trio to be seduced by the scent of nectar coming from its striking yellow petals. And they were later joined by the butterfly as they dined under the summer sun in Ecuador, south America.
Picture: Murray Cooper/Minden Pictures/Solent News




Skydivers falling from 4,000 metres are captured by photographer Vorevodin Gleb as they soared above the Moscow skyline
Picture: CATERS



Samurai horsemen compete in the Kacchu-keiba (armed horse race) during the Soma Nomaoi festival at Hibarigahara field in Minamisoma, Japan
Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images



A lion gets the fright of his life while taking a dip in a river when he spots a crocodile. The picture was taken at Duba Plains in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Picture: MARNA VAN DER WALT / CATERS NEWS



A humpback whale breaching in Stellwagen Bank in Massachusetts Bay off the coast of the US
Picture: ARI S. FRIEDLAENDER/AFP/Getty Images


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Riveting video of a KLM 777 making a landing in rough weather at Amsterdam:

Jeff Head said:

Riveting video of a KLM 777 making a landing in rough weather at Amsterdam:

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Bring out the barf bag for those motion sickness passerngers.

Equation said:

Bring out the barf bag for those motion sickness passerngers.

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And diaper change for everyone.