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.
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .