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.
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .