The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery. With the sun rising on the horizon, the beautiful vistas overlook one of the most dangerous seas in Europe. The Iroise Sea was the site of more than 30 shipwrecks between 1888 and 1904, which led to extra lighthouses being built on the coast. Italian Alessio Andreani photographed three lighthouses when he visited France.
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
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WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .