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.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .