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...
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .