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.
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .