Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .

Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .