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.
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .