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.
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .