Photo of the day

Chobe National Park, Botswana: A small group of cattle egrets feed on insects and the like at the feet of a young group of lechwe. As the lechwe move around the grass to graze their hoofs disturb and unearth insects of all kinds that the egrets make a meal of. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Moscow, Russia: Stalin in the Kremlin for the military parade. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Macquarie Island, Sub Antarctica: Rock Hopper Penguin standing on a rock. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Chobe National Park, Botswana: A lone hippo merely exposes the top of its head and looks directly at the photographer as he takes this shot. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Vietnam: A napalm bomb used by the French in Indochina. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Botswana: Leopard in the grass. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Marion Island, Sub Antarctica: Gentoo penguin chick in nest begging adult for food. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Botswana: Lioness. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Angel the leopard at the Wildlife SOS Manikdoh Leopard Sanctuary. This image is from Jungle Heroes.

Marion Island, Sub Antarctica: Lone adult King Penguin amongst hundreds of big brown juvenile chicks. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Botswana: Lionesses walking towards camera. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Pyongyang, North Korea: Kim Il Sung, put in power in North Korea by the Soviets. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

A crocodile submerged in the water with only his head showing. This image is from Jungle Heroes.

Marion Island, Sub Antarctica: Lone adult King Penguin amongst hundreds of big brown juvenile chicks. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Vietnam: A Vietminh soldier in Dien Bien Phu. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

An elephant plays in the water. This image is from Jungle Heroes.

Potsdam, Germany: Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam Conference. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Baboon cleaning his teeth. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Marion Island, Sub Antarctica: Antarctic Fur Seal Male yawning. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Vietnam: Enormous Boeing B-52 bombers make their entrance. Each one drops thirty tons of bombs on the Vietnamese countryside. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Blacktip Sharks hunting. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Marshall Islands: On Bikini Atoll, the Americans have just successfully tested their first operational H-bomb. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Macquarie Island, Sub Antarctica: Southern Elephant seal female yelping at Brown Skuas standing in front of her newborn pup. This image is from Frozen Islands.

A python wraps around Baiju Raj's neck. This image is from Jungle Heroes.

Botswana: Leopard face behind leaves. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.

Marion Island, Sub Antarctica: Chinstrap penguin parent feeding two chicks. This image is from Frozen Islands.

Korea: Marilyn Monroe arrives in Korea to entertain American troops still posted in South Korea. This image is from Apocalypse: War of Worlds.

Jawara the tiger in his enclosure eating a chicken. This image is from Jungle Heroes.

Great White Shark coming closer. This image is from Africa's Deadliest.