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...
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .