Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .