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.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
