ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another. The cubs reveal their sweet sibling bond by wrapping their arms around each other. Italian photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza captured the special moment in the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany. The 39-year-old, of Parma, Italy, says: “Bears, especially young ones, are very playful and curious.
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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 .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .