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.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .