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...
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .