RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles. Soaring through the air at 200mph, the eagles race to reach their keeper, in order to win first place in an annual festival, which celebrates the heritage of the Kazakh people. The Golden Eagle festival is held every October in Bayan-Olgii, a province in western Mongolia. Belgian photographer and software developer Stefan Cruysberghs captured the photographs when he travelled to the region to witness the occasion first-hand.
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .