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.
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .