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.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
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A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
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THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
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