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.
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .