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 .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .