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.
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 .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .