From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland. The elusive natural phenomenon, also known as the Northern Lights, was photographed by Lana Tannir when she was on a six day trip through northern Finland. The 24-year-old student visited Urho Kekkonen National Park, located in Saariselkä, Finland, as well as a nearby igloo village, named Kakslauttanen. Lana, of Starnberg, Germany, says “Seeing the Northern Lights cannot simply be described with only one emotion.
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TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
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ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .