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.
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
