A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet. But as these eye-popping pictures show, a 10-foot-deep dip with these fortunately harmless jellyfish can actually go swimmingly. Toned female tour guide Mikki Docjez, 35, from Palau was demonstrating to excited tourists how safe these golden jellyfish are - despite their hazardous looks. Australian photographer David Kirkland travelled to the Jellyfish Lake of Palau in the Pacific Ocean to capture the incredible scene of this bikini babe taking the plunge with thousands of jellyfish
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
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Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .