A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .

A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .