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.
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 .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .