An elephant at the Sabi Sands Game Reserve tries to fight off a crocodile after the reptile clamped down on his trunk:

Bunny’s Gym in Winchester, Tennessee has some incredible young cage fighters:

A man and his pet dog put on a hilarious synchronised dive in Malta:

This is Thalia Almodavar from Queens, New York. No prizes for guessing who she makes a living impersonating;

Romario dos Santos Alves is a Brazilian bodybuilding enthusiast, and injected oil into his arms in order to look like the Incredible Hulk:

lion scrambled up a tree after being confronted by a herd of buffalo. Taken in Maasai Mara, Kenya:

4ft 5in dwarf basketball, Jahmani Swanson, is known as the “Michael Jordan of dwarves”:

Joelison Fernandes, 29, suffers fro gigantism. Here he is with his girlfriend:

World-record breaking Shemika Charles becomes the first person to shimmy under a car:

This image is made of from dozens of photographs, and creates a Biblical scene over Johannesburg, South Africa:

Miraj, 11, works away at a tannery in Dhaka, Bangladesh:

Volcanic eruption at Mt. Etna’s Vorgaine crater in Sicily:

A supercell cloud mushroom forming with a blood orange sunset in the background is captured in Bledsoe, Texas:

A very flexible green tree from is captured doing a pull-up in Indonesia:

A surfer wipes out on a 12 metre-high wave in Maul, Hawaii:

Bhupen Chandra Das, from Assam, India, attempts to break the world record for the most number of needles inserted in a human face:

Zuly Sanguine applying her make-up in Bogota, Columbia. The 25-year-old suffers from a rare genetic condition which means she has no arms or legs

Meet Hulk, the 175lb from New Hampshire:

Jaspreet Singh Kalra, from India, shows off his impressive – and creepy – flexibility:

Adventurer, Sam Cossman, dons a custom proximity heat suit as he abseils down a huge lava lake in Vanuatu:

18-year-old, Adrianne Lewis from Michigan believes she has the world’s longest tongue at a whopping 4 inches:

Pixee Fox, 25, had six ribs removed in order to look like Jessica Rabbit:

Ashley Kuriel, 32, suffers from Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, a genetic condition which is causing her muscles to turn into bone. It has already claimed her right arm, and will soon paralyse her:

Eda Maybury, 25, weighs 260lb, but is still able to move gracefully for her pole-dancing:

“The Butterfly Boy”, 14-year-old Jonathan Pitre, suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa, a condition which makes his skin fall away at the slightest knock:

A tiny multicoloured frog hitches a ride on a bright yellow snail in Indonesia:

Despite being born with no legs, Kaya Sesser form California was determined to become a successful model and sports personality:

A turbocharged off-road vehicle performs a spectacular jump through the second storey of a derelict building:

At the Kruger National Park, South Africa, a lion makes a kill amongst a host of cars

Model, Melanie Gaydos, has been incredibly successful, despite suffering from a condition which leaves her hair, teeth and skin undeveloped:

In Sudan, two armed guards defend the world’s last remaining male white rhino: