Ibasyo is a photo book about self-mutilation among Japanese youth. Domestic violence, rape, bullying, these are some of the reasons behind self-injury.The culture of shame inherent in Japan has prevented them from being revealed, victims tend to choose to remain silent. These Japanese girls are in their 20s, have been suffering from self-injury for a few years, some of them had experiences of family abuses or sexual abuses in their childhood and that triggered self-injury. Their existence implies one of the dark aspects of today's Japanese society.

Igarashi Design has dreamed up a series of ultramodern concept vehicles, including the bikes, mini-copter, wheelbarrow and snowmobile shown below:

Feeding time at the zoo is proving a rather messy affair for this pen of giant pandas in China. After cramming as much bamboo into their mouths as possible, the black-and-white bears were then seen slumped on a specially-made climbing frame, seemingly exhausted by their efforts.

A motorist had a lucky escape after his car was swallowed by a sinkhole as he travelled along a busy motorway.The vehicle was trapped, with its front wheels sunk into the chasm, when the gap, measuring about 13ft-wide, suddenly appeared.

At first glance, Foxconn's factory complex in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen seems like a heavily secure university campus.More than 300,000 people sleep, eat and work here. There are three hospitals, a fire station, supermarkets and restaurants all crammed on less than a square mile (2.3 square kilometers.)

Chained to a lamppost, the terrified boy looks around for help. But the adults nearby just stand around talking. And even his father will not come to the rescue - because it was him who chained up the eight-year-old.

This is the two-year-old Indonesian boy who throws a tantrum when his parents refuse him a cigarette. Ardi Rizal was given his first cigarette by his father when he was just 18-months-old.

Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi  recently demonstrated his "Manga Farming" technique - which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables - by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya.