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 DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
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 .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .