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...
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .