A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow. Pictured on the coast of Kaktovik on Barter Island, the young polar bears roll around in the powdery snow as they tickle and wrestle together. Finishing their play-date, one of the cheeky bears teasingly sticks out its tongue before bounding towards their mother.
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
