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...
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .