As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour. The mosque, located in southern Iran, is illuminated with a kaleidoscope of colours when light shines through its windows. With its stained glass, beautiful patterned carpets and intricately detailed ceiling tiles, the mosque attracts worshipers and tourists alike. The grand temple is known locally as ‘the pink mosque’ and ‘the mosque of colour’ because of its colourful interior and exterior.
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
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 .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .