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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
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 .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .