A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates. The canyon is a crack between the North American and Eurasian continents and every year these two continental plates drift about 2cm further apart. French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie dived to 49ft and captured these images during an expedition through the freshwater Silfra canyon, located in Thingvellir Lake, Iceland. The 40-year-old, of Montpellier, France, says: “I had the privilege to dive at the famous Silfra dive site, probably the most impressive freshwater rift in Iceland.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
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THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
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