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...
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .