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.
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
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 .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
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 .
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 .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .