A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet. The docile giant, weighing a massive 66,000lbs, happily shares its waters during dinner time. The whale shark is a filter feeder and consumes plankton and small fish by swimming with its formidable jaws open. The amazing images were taken by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts, 44, on a trip to Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
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 .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .