FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns. These fascinating photographs were captured by amateur photographer Zhang Ning, 51, in awe of her native country's beauty after trips across China. 'I am very lucky that my country China is so diverse and large,” explains Zhang Ning, from Dongguan, Guangdong, China. 'It can provide me with numerous opportunities to shoot different landscapes, cultures, traditions.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
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A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .