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.
A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .