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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
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 .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .