HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun. The baby owls were photographed in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia by Tanto Yensen. The 36-year-old photographer, of Jakarta, Indonesia, says: "I spotted the owls perched together on a branch in the sunshine.
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
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 .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
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 .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .