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.
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
