Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks. These amazing photographs were captured by American ocean photojournalist Tim Rock, on a trip north of Papua New Guinea to Vertigo Reef in Yap, Micronesia. ‘I had the pleasure and privilege to team up with diver Ai Futaki for two weeks of photography during an event called Manta Fest in Yap, Micronesia,’ says Tim, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ‘She is a world champion free diver who wanted to try free diving with sharks and asked if I would document her swimming in Yap's waters.
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
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 .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A little boy aged FIVE bravely delivered his newborn brother - then promptly saved his life .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .