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 HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
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Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
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SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .