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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .