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.
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .