A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below. Photographer Heng-Yao Bai scaled great heights to capture the view above the fog that floats over buildings and in-between mountains. The 49-year-old trekked up Hehuanshan mountain, where he stood at 11,207ft to photograph the fog covered city of Nantou in Taiwan.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
