SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .