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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .