A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness. The annual Torgya Festival in Tawang, in north-eastern India, is full of colourful dancing, music and theatre. The three day festival is held in the courtyard of the Tawang monastery, which is nestled on top of the hill overlooking the town. The vibrant event was attended by Australian photographers Stephen Axford and Catherine Marciniak.
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
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 .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .