COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them. Climbing heights ranging from forty to a few hundred feet, they brave the ice towers as they make their way to the top. These amazing photographs were captured by Canadian outdoor adventure photographer Alain Denis, 41, after he decided to explore the frozen waterfalls in the Laurentian mountain area in Quebec, Canada.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .