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.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .