WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES. The luminous green lights that glow from the insects help to give the impression of an extract from a fairy-tale. The magical photographs were taken by photographer Takaaki Ishikawa, 55, on a trip to Nagoya City in Japan. 'Fireflies are very delicate creatures, so it is important to not catch or disturb them,' said Takaaki
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .