A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it. Pictured under the winter sun, the bubbles glow as sunlight bounces off their surface. Photographer Hope Thurston Carter captured the images after blowing the soap bubbles on several freezing days in Michigan. The 52-year-old, of Martin, Michigan, says: 'I got the idea to blow bubbles outside in the winter after I saw several similar photos on the internet.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .