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.
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .