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 small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .