With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .