ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS. The diver fearlessly swims with grey reef sharks, blacktip reef sharks and whitetip reef sharks off the coast of Yap in the western Pacific Ocean. American ocean photojournalist Tim Rock captured the breath-taking photographs on a diving trip with professional dive tour instructor and model Yoko Higashide. The 64-year-old photographer, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, said: “Vertigo Reef, along the north-western shores of the island of Yap in Micronesia, is a perfect venue to watch reef sharks.
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .