SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .