A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .