It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .