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.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .