A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers. Swimming in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Dominica, the sperm whale grew curious of his guests and headed towards them. These incredible photographs were taken by 44 year old Belgian Ellen Cuylaerts. The globetrotting photographer’s most recent travels brought her to Dominica in search of sperm whales.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .