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.
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
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 .