RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing. Aurora Burns, of Girdwood, Alaska, is now more at home on a snowy mountainside than inside a sandpit. Her parents, Cody Burns, 29, and Andrea Peterson, 34, insist their daughter is destined to take off. Cody, a ski patrol night supervisor, says: “Aurora has been skiing since she was in the womb as Andrea was still keen to ski throughout her pregnancy, and we were showing her ski films as soon as she arrived.
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
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 .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .