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 Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .