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 SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
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STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
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Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
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