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.
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
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 .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .