SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased. The unusual ‘cremorials’ are tributes to lost loved ones created using cremated ashes. These macabre keepsakes are being offered as an alternative to more traditional forms of remembering the dead. Swedish funeral company Miraj have been offering the service for eight years and produce diamonds from ashes in a variety of colours and shapes for a price between £2,360 and £15,750.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .