FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns. These fascinating photographs were captured by amateur photographer Zhang Ning, 51, in awe of her native country's beauty after trips across China. 'I am very lucky that my country China is so diverse and large,” explains Zhang Ning, from Dongguan, Guangdong, China. 'It can provide me with numerous opportunities to shoot different landscapes, cultures, traditions.
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .