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.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .