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.
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .