PATTERNS of colourful swirls and twirls of smoke help to create these imaginative spellbinding photographs. The hypnotic and psychedelic images were created by American psychologist Mark Scalco, 49, who refers to his work as 'smokreations'. 'I've always enjoyed the patterns made by kaleidoscopes or some geometric screen-savers,' says Mark, of Durham, North Carolina. 'I remember as a kid looking for shapes in clouds and smoke.
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
