These tiny worlds created in a tiny glass bottle, literally, are the work of Akinobu Izumi. Akinobu uses paper, clay, wax and resin among other materials to create these intricate miniature worlds.

A Palestinian demonstrator (R) shouts at an Israeli soldier, during clashes with Israeli troops at the Qalandiya checkpoint, on June 5, 2011 between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah. The clashes come on the 44th Anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Six Day War of the Middle East. (Photo by David Vaaknin /Getty Images)

People pose for photos in the snow in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 2, 2019. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

A person viewing the Northern lights over the lava landscape, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. (Photo by Arctic-Images/Getty Images)

A migrant labourer brushes his teeth in front of a scrapped helicopter model in Mumbai, India, April 13, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Oil pools in a leaf on the beach following an oil slick at Tanjong Beach in Sentosa, Singapore on June 15, 2024. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)

Looking towards the Times Building on Times Square, the Paramount Building is on the right, and Seventh Avenue on the left crossing Broadway. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1930