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.
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .