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 proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .