HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers. The 11x5ft pool, located in south-eastern California, was built by Austrian visual artist Alfredo Barsuglia. The free retreat includes a solar-powered filter and chlorination system, but visitors face a challenge if they want to take a dip.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .