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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
