CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape. Pictures show a variety of styles beard categories from Amish and Dali to Imperial and freestyle. The entrants were part of the New Orleans Just for Men National Beard and Moustache Championships in the USA.
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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter tragically took her own life after being subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of her ex-partner .