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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .