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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .