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.
A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .