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 SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .