CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
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 .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .