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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .