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.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .