SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world. After starting wingsuit flying just seven years ago, American Ellen Brennan, 26, has quickly established a name for herself in the flying world. Gliding above the ground at over 3,500 metres, she effortlessly sails through the sky, giving the birds a run for their money. 'I started skydiving with my dad when I was 18, and then when I got bored of that I started BASE jumping from hot air balloons, bridges and small cliffs,' said Ellen
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FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
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A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
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A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .