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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .