JUMPING and bouncing off one another, these young cheetahs enjoy some harmless fun. Rolling around in the grass they certainly know how to enjoy themselves as they take on each other in a battle of the strongest. The playful siblings were captured by German dental technician Elmar Weiss, 43, on a trip to Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. 'These one year old cheetah cubs were in a very good mood on this particular day,' says Elmar of Hamburg.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .