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..
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .