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.
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .