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.
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .