A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
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 .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .