THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under. The moon moved across the sun for just a few minutes, with the maximum duration of four minutes and thirty seconds in Kowayama in Queensland. Local eclipse hunter Joseph Cali, 49, travelled to a spot near Newman in Western Australia to take the best pictures possible of this impressive natural phenomenon at maximum eclipse. Cali, a Laboratory Manager at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, captured the stunning natural wonder in a series of stunning snaps. An annular eclipse is different from a full solar eclipse where the moon totally blocks out the sun and only the atmosphere of the sun called the corona can be seen. During an annular eclipse, the moon is further away from our planet making it look smaller in relation to the sun. This means more of the sun can be seen and the ring produced by the moon moving across the sun is larger than a full eclipse.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .