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.
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .