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

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 .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .

AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .