HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .

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 .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .

From shooting hoops to performing kick ups, a boy has a ball with the moon .