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.
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Have you ever wanted to emulate the Duchess of Cambridge's style? Well, now there's an app for that .
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .