MESMERISING FUNGI

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..

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ZANZIBAR FISHERMEN RISK THEIR LIVES FOR FOOD

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PHOTOGRAPHER BLENDS NIGHT AND DAY IN CITYSCAPES

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EYE-CATCHING TRIBAL HAIRSTYLES

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

NOT FIT FOR DOGS - RSPCA RESCUERS FIND ANIMALS IN SHOCKING FILTH

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 .

FLORESCENT PLANKTON LIGHT UP AUSTRALIAN SEA

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THE MILLION DOLLAR CARAVAN

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MESMERISING FIELD PATTERNS

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

INDONESIAN TRIBE UNTOUCHED BY MODERN LIFE

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HUNGRY GORILLA ENJOYS DINNER

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