THESE mesmerising sculptured creations could easily be mistaken for complex stained glass windows but they have infact been cleverly crafted with just one material - PAPER. The intricate paper sculptures were put together by artist Eric Standley, 45, when he stumbled across the project by accident. I was working on another project that included laser cutting circle-based patterns into Cheerios boxes,’ said Eric. ‘When I was leaving the laser lab one day I stacked a few cut pieces together and was blown away by the layered complexity of the different works.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .