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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .