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 Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
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 .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
