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.
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .