A manatee makes the most of his underwater guests by rolling onto his back for a belly rub. The manatee appears apprehensive at first, but he soon cosies up to the divers. The photographs were taken by marine biologist Andrew Pearson in Crystal River, Florida at the Crystal River Wildlife Refuge. The 32 year old photographer, of Southampton, says: ‘We spent several days snorkelling with wild manatees.
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
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 .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .