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.
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Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .