SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased. The unusual ‘cremorials’ are tributes to lost loved ones created using cremated ashes. These macabre keepsakes are being offered as an alternative to more traditional forms of remembering the dead. Swedish funeral company Miraj have been offering the service for eight years and produce diamonds from ashes in a variety of colours and shapes for a price between £2,360 and £15,750.
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week and have received a special card from newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .