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.
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .