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.
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .