SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia. The dolphins swim into shallow waters, just three metres from the beach, and eat fish from the hands of locals. The eye-opening encounter was captured by 47-year-old lawyer and photographer Andrea Izzotti at Monkey Mia beach, a popular tourist destination on the west coast of Australia.
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .