It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The stunning photographs were captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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 .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .