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

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

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

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .