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.
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .