A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots. Sara Joel, 45, from Long Island in New York, began performing the stunts whilst pregnant with her first child - son Desmond, now nine. Since then, the professional dancer and former Cirque du Soleil performer has celebrated each of her pregnancies with a wacky performance.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .