A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .

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 .

A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .