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.
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .