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.
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .