Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .