All news on the topic: Shark attack

A woman was attacked by an 11ft white shark while swimming off a popular beach near Sydney.

Emergency services were called to Coogee Beach in the east of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in the morning on reports that the 35-year-old woman had been bitten by a large shark about 30 meters (100 feet) from the shore.

A man has died in Australia after being attacked by a shark while spearfishing off the country’s southwestern coast.

A man has died after being attacked by a shark at a popular Australian holiday island.

A man has died on a Sydney beach after being bitten by a suspected "large shark," Australia’s New South Wales police have said.

A teenage boy has been mauled by a shark at a popular beach and rushed to hospital with serious injuries to his arm.

A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo.

The attack happened in deep waters outside the designated swimming area of Marsa Alam, say authorities

Hitesh Govari didn’t notice the beast in the shallow water during his daily dip until the 4ft long bull shark locked its jaws on the 34-year-old fisherman’s leg.

A seven-foot bull shark chomped down on Vickey Govari's leg while in a river in western India - but his companions were on hand to serve up the ultimate punishment for the fish

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lauren O’Neill, 29, was severely mauled by a shark whilst swimming by Sydney Harbour in Australia - local resident Fiona Crago happened to have bandages on her at the time of the attack

Visitors to the Bahamas hotel can don wetsuits and diving gear to walk through the hotel's shark exhibit, coming face to face with the dangerous beasts, but police are investigating an attack

A 64-year-old man was about 200 metres off the shore at at Blackspoint, near Elliston, Australia, when he was attacked - but he managed to escape and swim ashore

Tourists fled the waters of a Caribbean shore after a killer shark was spotted in the waters where a tourist was killed last year, when a shark took such a large chunk of his thigh he bled to death

Jason Carter, from Haiku, was surfing in Hawaii on Saturday when he was fatally injured after encountering a shark during 'mixed' water conditions resulting from high surf

A 30-year-old man who was surfing in Hawaii, off of Maui's northern shore, was fatally injured after encountering a shark, authorities said. The incident was not, however, described as a shark attack

Emergency services descended on Innes National Park in South Australia following the shark attack, which saw the boy suffered severe injuries and lose his life

The American woman who was tragically mauled to death by a shark in the Bahamas has been identified and named as the authorities continue to investigate her death

Bridgette O'Shannessy and her partner had been swimming off the coast of Port Noarlunga, Australia, when she was suddenly attacked by the shark and sustained serious injuries

The 32-year-old woman suffered 'significant' facial injuries and was rushed to hospital after being bitten on the head by a shark in the region's second attack in recent days

The victim was spearfishing in waters off Peak Island, about 50km from Exmouth, along the North West Cape in Australia when he was attacked by what is believed to have been a lemon shark

Exploring Fury Shoal, off Egypt’s Red Sea Coast, Gary Virgo, who is from East Sussex, encountered a deadly shark, which circled around him in a terrifying experience

Five men were left stranded when a shark attacked their dinghy off the Australian coast, deflating it and almost causing it to sink to the bottom of the ocean in a shock attack

A surfer was out enjoying the waves at Hawaii's Hanalei Bay when a 15 foot tiger shark hit him and clamped down on his leg before he stuck his finger in its nostril to get it to let go

Pam Cook, 64, was taking part in swimming class in South Australia with around a dozen other members also in the water when a shark suddenly began attacking her foot