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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .