A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it. Pictured under the winter sun, the bubbles glow as sunlight bounces off their surface. Photographer Hope Thurston Carter captured the images after blowing the soap bubbles on several freezing days in Michigan. The 52-year-old, of Martin, Michigan, says: 'I got the idea to blow bubbles outside in the winter after I saw several similar photos on the internet.
LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .