BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola. Bursting with colour, the unusual styles are the result of thousands of years of Angolan tradition. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth captured the images when he travelled to Angola in southern Africa. The 38-year-old, of Erfurt, Germany, says: “African hairstyles are ever-changing, yet deeply rooted in a shared past stemming from tribal traditions.
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .