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.
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .