A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow. Pictured on the coast of Kaktovik on Barter Island, the young polar bears roll around in the powdery snow as they tickle and wrestle together. Finishing their play-date, one of the cheeky bears teasingly sticks out its tongue before bounding towards their mother.
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .