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.
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .