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.
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .