SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings. Peering carefully out of the opening, one by one, the squirrels scout the area before scrambling back inside their den. The cute peekaboo display was caught on camera by photographer Rick Tomalty in his garden in Orford in Quebec, Canada.
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .