THERE IS NEVER a dull or dry day in the office when you're a REAL LIFE MERMAID. With their colourful tails and bikini tops, these girls appear to have splashed right out of a Disney movie. The mermaids can be found at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, performing in the underwater theatre. Marketing and PR Manager for the park John Athanason, 46, says: 'When I first saw the mermaids performing, I was completely mesmerised. 'They have such an ease under the water, and are able to do a job unlike any other with such effortlessness
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .