A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
