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.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
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 .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .