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 BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .