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.
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An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .
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Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
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COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A woman was left shocked after her hunky boyfriend confessed he was actually born a GIRL .