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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .