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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .