PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session. These coastal brown bears gather for the sockeye salmon, who are attempting to get to their natal spawning ground. The giant fur-balls can eat up to 168 lbs of the protein-rich fish in a single day, providing them with the fat reserves they need to survive the winter hibernation.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .