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..
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 .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .