SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased. The unusual ‘cremorials’ are tributes to lost loved ones created using cremated ashes. These macabre keepsakes are being offered as an alternative to more traditional forms of remembering the dead. Swedish funeral company Miraj have been offering the service for eight years and produce diamonds from ashes in a variety of colours and shapes for a price between £2,360 and £15,750.
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 .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .