A solar halo appears in the sky above Huangshan in eastern China. Solar haloes can be seen when the sun is 58 degrees or more above the horizon and its light passes through high-altitude cirrus clouds.
The northern lights encircle a lake in Iceland, in this panoramic composite picture taken by French doctor Stephane Vetter. He also managed to capture the Milky Way in the centre of the circle, as well as the aurora reflections on the water.
This is a new wooden roller coaster at Europa Park, Rust, Baden Baden, Germany. The ride is 40 metres high, with a a top speed of more than 100 km/hr, and a vertical acceleration which can reach a strength of 3.5G.
A Lego minifig surfs a wave of blue ink underwater. Illustrator Alberto Seveso from Portoscuso, Italy, perches his submerged minifig on a wooden stick and then pours ink into the water. "One shot takes a lot of time," he says. "A click takes just a short moment, but what needs a lot of time is preparing the set."
It looked like an easy meal had been served for this lioness - an exhausted and bedraggled young wildebeest that had crawled from the Mara river. But the plucky wildebeest landed a well-aimed head butt at the predator, giving it enough time to escape this particular threat by running off across the plains. Wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein captured the eye-to-eye action.
Romain Mattei photographed what looks like a monkey massaging a stray cat on a pavement in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. However, the cheeky monkey was doing the moggy a favour by searching for fleas.
