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.
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .