A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach. Lying on the sand, the seal gazes down at her fluffy baby as it playfully wriggles around underneath her flipper. The heart-warming scene was captured by 46-year-old photographer Elmar Weiss on a beach in Heligoland, Germany. Elmar, of Hamburg, Germany says: "I have never seen such a loving bond between a seal and her baby before...
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .