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.
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .