HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below. Photographed in Cappadocia in central Turkey, the daily balloon tours attract thousands of tourists each year, including photography teacher Scotty Graham. The 53-year-old, of Jakarta, Indonesia, and his wife, Kartika, spent an hour in one of the balloons that dotted the sky. Scotty’s hot air balloon took flight just in time for sunrise and he photographed the incredible views from the basket, floating at a height of 200 metres.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
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 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .