COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice. The ice emits a blue glow as the climbers make their way down and move through the glacier. The stunning photographs were captured by American glacier trekking guide Jared Carlson on a trip to the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The 36-year-old was joined by climbing friend Jason Nelson, 37, as the pair explored the moulin, which is a circular, vertical well-like shaft within a glacier.
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 .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .