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.
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
