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.
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .