A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy. Alessio Andreani, of London, travelled to several spectacular settings, including Durdle Door in Dorset, England and South Stack lighthouse in Holyhead, Wales, where he photographed the Milky Way as it illuminated the scenery below. The 27-year-old, who is originally from Loreto, Italy, says: "When I take photographs of the Milky Way and stare up at all those stars, it reminds me of just how tiny I am......
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THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
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A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .