amazing eVents in pictures

A wave captured by Clark Little on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Clark produces and sells fine art photography of waves and has captured sunsets, sunrises and marine life surrounded by the ocean crashing around them

This photo shows wave photographer Clark Little utterly dwarfed by a colossal wave seconds before it crashes down on him. The moment was caught on camera by Clark's wife Sandy as she watched him work from a North Shore beach last week

People watch a burning apartment building in Busan, South Korea

A kayaker off Sydney Harbour had a close encounter with an adult humpback whale when it breached the surface next to him on its migration down the NSW south coast

Officials from the Guinness World Records measure the height of a sand sculpture featuring a Nigerian tale on how a hummingbird become the king of all animals in Zhoushan city in east China's Zhejiang province. The 22.43 metre tall sculpture was recognised to be the world's tallest sand sculpture. Over 20 artists spent 75 days building it. The former record-holding sculpture was 20.91 metres tall

A stunt man jumps off a river raft during a performance in Belgrade, Serbia. A group of local stunt men held a performance and showed off their skills

A security officer is seen in a guard tower amidst billowing smoke from anti-mosquito fumigation at the Commonwealth Games athletes' village New Delhi, India

US Army soldiers struggle to load dummies into a simulated medevac truck during a field exercise while on a 24 hour Cavalry "Spur Ride" for members of the US Army's 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Drum, New York

A rainbow and bolts of lightning are seen near the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles

Birds fly in front of the Golden Gate Bridge seen through fog from Land's End in San Francisco

A man looks down from Pavao-Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A security guard fights with a picketer outside a Social Security office during a nationwide general strike in Santander, northern Spain

Demonstrators portraying France's President Sarkozy and wife Carla take part in the "No to austerity" protest to demand better job protection in Brussels

The sun rises over the historic India Gate in New Delhi as the Queen's Baton arrived in the Indian capital

A worker operates a crane on a construction site in Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Indonesian policemen patrol along Kuta beach on the resort island of Bali.

Chinese soldiers stand in line at the World Expo 2010 prior to the China national pavilion day, which also marked the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

Latvian skydivers perform in a vertical wind tunnel outside the country's pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo Park

LeBron James of the Miami Heat NBA basketball team changes following a pre-season workout at Hurlburt Field Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Florida