A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it. Pictured under the winter sun, the bubbles glow as sunlight bounces off their surface. Photographer Hope Thurston Carter captured the images after blowing the soap bubbles on several freezing days in Michigan. The 52-year-old, of Martin, Michigan, says: 'I got the idea to blow bubbles outside in the winter after I saw several similar photos on the internet.
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .