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.
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .