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.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .