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.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
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 .
