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...
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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 .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .