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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
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 .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
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 .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .