Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey. The stunning photographs capture the amazing hot air balloon tour that takes place in Cappadocia at every sun rise across the year. The region is famed for being one of the best places in the world for ballooning, with its carved cave villages and distinctive rock formations. The surreal views combined with perfect flying conditions allow the balloons to gently drift over and between fairy chimneys and pigeon houses hewn into the unique rock formations. Taken on July 30th 2012
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .
A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .