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.
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .