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 Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .