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.
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
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 .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .