HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

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 .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .