A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves. The town of Coober Pedy is home to over 1,500 people, as well as hotels, restaurants and churches, all of which are located up to 100ft below ground. “Coober Pedy is renowned for its below-ground residences, called dugouts, which are used to avoid the scorching daytime heat,” says photographer Abigail Varney, who visited the unusual town, located 846km north of Adelaide.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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 .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .