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.
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .