A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .