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.
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .