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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
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 .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .