These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world. The sulphur miners, pictured in East Java, Indonesia, risk their lives every day. Mining sulphur inside the crater of the Ijen volcano, they inhale clouds of toxic smoke and work tirelessly for 12 hours a day. Russian photographer Gleb Tarro, 43, of San Diego, California, travelled to the volcano and witnessed the men at work.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .