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..
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .