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.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .