The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery. With the sun rising on the horizon, the beautiful vistas overlook one of the most dangerous seas in Europe. The Iroise Sea was the site of more than 30 shipwrecks between 1888 and 1904, which led to extra lighthouses being built on the coast. Italian Alessio Andreani photographed three lighthouses when he visited France.
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
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Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
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An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .