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.
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .