A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits. Sohail Karmani, 48, spent two weeks in Sahiwal, a city in the province of Punjab, where more than 60 per cent of the population live on as little as £1.30 a day. Sohail, a writing professor at New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, hopes his portraits will provide a snapshot of how people are coping in a world of poverty. He says: "I hope my photos raise some awareness by putting a human face on the everyday struggles many Pakistanis face.
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .