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..
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 .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .