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
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 .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .