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Ben Fogle carries the Olympic flame strapped to a hot air balloon

Ben Fogle carries the Olympic flame strapped to a hot air balloon

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Television presenter, adventurer and writer Ben Fogle waves as he carries the Olympic flame whilst strapped to a hot air balloon inside the rainforest biome at the Eden Project on May 19, 2012 in Cornwall, England.

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Ben Fogle carries the Olympic flame strapped to a hot air balloon

Bandit the dog watches Dog TV

Largest chess piece in the world

Lots and lots of...watermelons!

Canadian sports star sets new land speed Guinness World Record for a motorised toilet

Maldon Mud Race

Check out this cool robot at the 40th International Exhibition of Inventions!

One Day Without Shoes

'Animal Inside Out' exhibition at the Natural History Museum

World Wildlife Fund set up paper mache pandas for Earth Hour

Circus Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Runner David Rudisha trains in the Kenyan sun

Funny fashion

Freddie Flintoff breaks 14 crazy Guinness World Records

The White House celebrates St Patrick's Day with green water in its fountains!

Maasai Warriors play cricket

Unusual vehicles

Holi - the Festival of Colours

A 'Hopathon' world record attempt

A giant pasty shaped as the globe!

The World's Biggest Breakfast in Bed Guinness World Record Attempt

Fastern Eve Handba event - Jedburgh, Scotland

The world's shortest man

Sepak Takraw

Canon Ralph Godsall participates in his first pancake race!

Castle made entirely from oranges and lemons!

Free runners '3run'

A float for Brazil's Sambadrome Carnival

Lantern Festival, Nuanquan

The White House Science Fair

Sit little warthog

Crazy Coffins

Soldiers perform a cool motorcycle stunt

Meet the lady with the longest fingernails in the world!

Jumping for joy!

Jaguar car hangs from parking lot

A giant refuse heap

Chinese New Year

London Model Engineering Exhibition

Belle Epoque week

A skateboarder performs at Big Day Out

Steam trains

Painted flowers - Paris

Belalp Witches Ski Race

A church made entirely of snow and ice!

No trousers day!

Snow Festival - Moscow

Domino Dice Record

World's smallest legally roadworthy car!

The Coopers' Dance, Germany

Ice and Snow Festival, China

Daring driver

How many dogs can you count?

Snowmen

Traditional Yuletide sea bath

Santa Claus...the traffic cop!

The world's fastest toilet!

Most spoons on a human body

10,000 people attend exercise class

Rafael Nadal celebrates a tennis triumph

A freestyle skier takes part in the FIS freestyle skiing World Cup competition

'Doggie Costume Halloween Party'

A rainbow is seen next to the Eiffel tower

High Street Fashion Week

Surprise!

How to train your dragon

Living with a lioness

Giant mermaid

Just warming up

Who can pull the funniest face whilst diving

All breathe in

A bombyx collects nectar from lavander

Prince William enjoys a game of street hockey

Follow the leader

What am i supposed to do again?

Cast your votes

Place your bets

The T-Rex is back

Different form of fireworks

Taking some tips from ballet class

That was close!

Trying to blend in with the other wildlife

Aptly named crash 1 and crash 2

New basketball technique used in French play-off match

Mirror mirror on the wall....

Imagine what you would look like if your head was replaced with a football

Colouring Book

3, 2, 1, lift off

Moustaches World Championship 2011

Something to do while waiting for your flight

Tower of Babel

Would you drive around in this?

Obviously not afraid of heights

Multi robot

Italy's Sara Errani returns a ball

Im ready to party

Rafael Nadal wins Barcelona Open

Portable disco ball

World's biggest kite

Lewis Hamilton wins Grand Prix

Lift advertising new Pirates of the Caribbean film

Chalk portrait of Kate Middleton

Woman displays her hat at Grand National

Veit Wunderlich uses a Jetlev-Flyer

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives in high winds

A girl curtsies to a cardboard cut-out of Prince William and Kate Middleton

A gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car

Several participants perform a lvfe picture of a heart

Boris Johnson and Arnold Schwarzenegger London Hire Cycle Hire Scheme bicycles

A clown performs outside London's Houses of Parliament

Polar bear Malik swims with her four-month old cub

A full perigee moon

Revelers of the Beija-Flor samba school perform

Children throw oranges during carnival

A boy swirls a fireball near a bonfire

Revellers of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school perform as headless zombies

Revelers of the Academicos do Salgueiro samba school

Thai villagers watch their caged birds during a bird-singing contest

Revellers of the Vai-Vai samba school dance atop a float

Justin Bieber shoots a pass at L.A. Lakers game

German cycling fan and inventor presents his latest construction

Parrot wears rollerskates during the International Festival of Cirkus Art

Sydneysiders turn out to watch the 16 finalists of the 19th Tropfest Short Flim Festival

South Korean 'folk village' performers put on a cultural display

English Cocker Spaniel

Underwater wedding

Tennis player bites net

One of 58 homeless Chihuahuas

Darth Vadar hot air balloon

A biker and his pet

An explosion from 'Sherlock Holmes 2'

Chocolate car

Raining on the catwalk

34th Empire State Building Run-Up

Performers contort their bodies

Japanese magician Shinya Uchida

Bulgarian dancers at the International Festival of the Masquerade Games

Lunar New Year

Snowman sits on a bench

Two-headed calf

Solar-powered mobile internet cafe

Bicycling in opposite directions in the streets of Brussels

The memorial of Paul the octopus

Italian chocolatier Mirco Della works on his chocolate Tower of Pisa

A tit bird looks on from a coconut-made nest

A child looks on before the 22nd men's Handball World Championships

Bi-annual Cold Water Championships

Balloon aircraft

Visitors walk in snow at changgyeonggung Palace

A woman walks past a photo of a tiger

Kate Middleton and Prince William lookalikes

French climber in Hong Kong

Granny DJ

A model displays her nails

Street illuminated with Christmas lights

A car sits in a sinkhole

British constructor drives in the world's smallest car

A crane lifts the 'arms' of what will be the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ

Swiss pilot speeds through the air

Dolls of leaders of the participating nations for the upcoming G20 summit

Nepalese policemen pose with their dogs

London buses queue along New Oxford Street

Colourful hot air balloons soar in the air

A 100-metre tall Christmas tree is illuminated

Octopus Paul II, successor to the tentacled tipster

People walk past a heart made of autumnally coloured l

Aerial view shows a crater in a German town

A baby Guanaco is nursed by her mother

A boy takes a picture of masks during a parade for the National Encounter of Masquerades

The Allure of the Seas cruise ship passes under the Store Belt Bridge

A visitor walks down the stairs of the Latvian pavilion

320 refrigerators are set up as an igloo

People dressed as chickens leave riding a pink stretch limousine

Jugglers perform during Beirut's Vinifest 2010 in the Lebanese capital

A Caribbean spiny skate swims in the giant aquarium of Tropicarium in Budapest

A perfect skyline

Oscar the Bichon impersonates an iPad

The stainless steel and bronze 'Sitting Hen'

A pidgeon flies from a coop in Lahore

Indian Hindu woman poses with earthen lamps

An Indian artist decorates earthenware oil pots

A model presents a creation

A surfer catches a wave behind work of art

Young Chinese Shaolin monks with their bodies painted in gold

Coloured leaves can be seen in the tree tops

Russian tennis player takes part in cannon shot

Young Chinese Shaolin monks perform for visitors during a kungfu festival

A young Chinese Shaolin monk with his body painted in gold

A full moon is seen through the clouds

A Samaritan man displays his 'Sukka' made of various fruits

Directors abseil down the side of their company

Berlin's landmark church is colourfully illuminated

Clients of a suburban shopping centre having a siesta

A model displays a creation

A general view shows the chess competition in Tel Aviv

Indian dancer Ushaben Dave performs

Snake owner Franky plays with his albino python Moly

A model displays a creation by popular Ukrainian designer

A Haitian vendor sells school suplies

Hikers take a break in front of the foggy Alps

A man visits a cheese stand

A polar bear sticks out its tongue

Motorist Gilbert rides on a motorcycle with his pet dog

Polar bear interacts with six-year-old visitor

Residents shelter under a giant umbrella

A baby monkey hangs on the back of a baby boar

Tourists pose with a huge doll sculpture

Participants compete during the Fisherman's Friend Strongmanrun race

Raftsmen perform a stunt on a floating square timber

10, 000 plates in front of the Eiffel tower

An ultra light aircraft flies over the Himalayan mountain range

An installation by Swiss artist Ugo Rond

The Radio City Rockettes rehearse

The White House is bathed in pink light

World's shortest teen is measured by a Guinness Word Records official

View of an ice sculpture

A well dressed cat poses for the press

Indian artist putting the finishing touches to an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga

Humanoid robots called

A unique building: The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

The world's shortest teen takes a walk

An Indian Hindu devotee dressed as the monkey God Hanuman

A flock of birds fly in front of the moon

One-year-old bonobo baby

Spanish Legion's mascot joins the parade

Picture of a blue anole

Talwanese students wearing colourful costumes

Two dogs jump rope

Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Bandon 5th Avenue smiles for the cameras

Three baby red eared slider turtles

Queen Elizabeth reacts to portrait of herself

Orang-Utan plays with a pumpkin

A man with a mock bookshelf on his back at the book fair in Germany

A spring downpour soaks 7,500 Sydneysiders

Giant soccer balls promoting Australia

International mascot's meeting

The world's largest book

Employee feeds monkey at El Picacho zoo

Signs and arrows in an indoor carnival

Helicopter flies over trapped miners

Tourists hold their shoes in their hands

Malaysian synchronised swimmers

Indian dancers from the Ghunghat Grou

Baby tiger at a zoo in Germany

International Tower Jump

Jaguar roars at El Picacho zoo

Santas at the annual Santa Fun Run in Sydney

Model presents creation during the Spring/Summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection

A stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair

An idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga

Dancers from China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform

Temple monkeys at Buddhist pilgrim site

Swan swims past bathing elephant

Lone spectator watches a hockey match at the Commonwealth Games

Ryder Cup

Twins celebrate their 100th birthday

Largest gathering of superheroes

European Beard and Moustache Championships

Man marches past work of art

World Animal Day

Origami for International Day of Peace

Chinese Fishermen harvest

Riding the waves

Going in for a dip

Red Bull wacky races

Oktoberfest merry-go-round

A man watches as a large wave hits the coast

A woman walks through hot coals

French tennis player celebrates a win

Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany

Rain drops

The 'red arrows' perform

A pig smells victory

Moscow Marathon

Indian siblings whisper their secret wishes

The Italian 'Frecce tricolori'

Flying the flag

The British Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team

Umbrella dancing

Rubik's Cube German Championships

Tailspin wind tunnel in Berlin

Bulgarian Wrestler celebrates his gold victory

'World of Dinosaurs'

A vulture is freed in the Israeli desert

A french performer outside the Sydney Opera House

A stall vendor weaves a

A James Flamingo chick

School children wear fire proof hoods

Indian pupils dressed as Hindu god Lord Krishna

An installation made with bicycles

A man pulls a cart loaded with chairs in Shanghai, China.

An Indian school boy dressed as a Hindu god

Two babies rest on a giant leaf

The smallest Qur'an ever made

An ostrich opens its mouth in an attempt to nip at a camera

Competitors take part in the The Knutsford Great Race

Mark Coreth begins work on his sculpture

A butterfly feeds on a flower's nectar

Italy's national football team joke during a training Session

Colombian twenty-four-year-old and 70cm tall

Kim Ji-Youn in the Korean performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream