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.
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .