FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS. The impossibly small sculptures are the work of talented Turkish student Recep Alcamli, who discovered his talent purely by chance when he was sharpening a pencil. The 23-year-old, of Elazıg, Turkey, who describes his work as ‘graphite art’, says: “It all started as a bit of an accident whilst I was studying for some exams. ‘I was sharpening a pencil, and I suddenly thought about how I could make the nib into a stylish shape.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42 .