WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart. The harp seals, aged between two and ten-days-old, roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings. The adorable scene was captured in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts. The 44-year-old spent three days with the seals when she visited a breeding site earlier this month.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .