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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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 .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .