FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns. These fascinating photographs were captured by amateur photographer Zhang Ning, 51, in awe of her native country's beauty after trips across China. 'I am very lucky that my country China is so diverse and large,” explains Zhang Ning, from Dongguan, Guangdong, China. 'It can provide me with numerous opportunities to shoot different landscapes, cultures, traditions.
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
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 .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .