Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals. The jaw-dropping moment stunned spectators watching from a catamaran near Seal Island in False Bay, South Africa. The hungry shark emerged from the water and bit down on the catamaran's dummy seal, before disappearing into the waves. Yirui Heng, of Singapore, photographed the action, which lasted for just seconds.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .