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.
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .