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...
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .