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.
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .