A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia. The gentle giants are surrounded by fascinated divers, including Italian photographer Andrea Izzotti. The 47-year-old captured these underwater images during a dive in Cenderawasih Bay, off Papua, Indonesia.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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 .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .