NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean. The photographer bravely poses with an array of sharks, such as a great hammerhead shark, a whale shark and a bull shark. The unusual selfies were taken by Dutch underwater photographer Peter Verhoog, 59, as a fun way to raise awareness of these magnificent creatures. “Selfies have become more and more popular, and just for fun I started taking them during dives - with sharks and manta rays,” says Peter, of Monster, Holland.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .