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.
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
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 .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .