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.
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .