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.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .