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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A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
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A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
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A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
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THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .