FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS. The impossibly small sculptures are the work of talented Turkish student Recep Alcamli, who discovered his talent purely by chance when he was sharpening a pencil. The 23-year-old, of Elazıg, Turkey, who describes his work as ‘graphite art’, says: “It all started as a bit of an accident whilst I was studying for some exams. ‘I was sharpening a pencil, and I suddenly thought about how I could make the nib into a stylish shape.
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 .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
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 .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .