HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past. Step into Neil Pearson's photographs and you can see what the north looked like then and what it looks like now. The 46-year-old recreated old pictures around his home city of Salford and blended the old and the new together with some photoshop wizardry. ... (Pic by Neil Pearson / HotSpot Media) 0121 551 1004
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
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 .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .