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.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .