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.
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .