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...
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DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
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A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
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A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
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 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .