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.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
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 .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .