The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery. With the sun rising on the horizon, the beautiful vistas overlook one of the most dangerous seas in Europe. The Iroise Sea was the site of more than 30 shipwrecks between 1888 and 1904, which led to extra lighthouses being built on the coast. Italian Alessio Andreani photographed three lighthouses when he visited France.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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 .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .