A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet. But as these eye-popping pictures show, a 10-foot-deep dip with these fortunately harmless jellyfish can actually go swimmingly. Toned female tour guide Mikki Docjez, 35, from Palau was demonstrating to excited tourists how safe these golden jellyfish are - despite their hazardous looks. Australian photographer David Kirkland travelled to the Jellyfish Lake of Palau in the Pacific Ocean to capture the incredible scene of this bikini babe taking the plunge with thousands of jellyfish
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
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A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .