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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .