Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world. With a level of detail usually reserved for globes in a classroom, it’s hard to believe that these replicas of Earth and Jupiter are completely edible. Baker Rhiannon Michell, rose to the challenge when her school teacher sister, Sarah, asked her to create a delicious science model for her class to enjoy. The 26-year-old, from Melbourne, Australia, said: “At first I was fairly sure there was no way I could make it, but then my inability to admit defeat kicked in and I had to find a way to do it.”
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .