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.
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
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A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
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A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .