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 Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .