NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers. As these pictures show, in many respects human stars have it easy compared to these celebs of the animal world - who must survive the animal jungle under the media gaze. These photographs, captured by photographic safari guide Zane Engelbrecht, 25, capture some of the wilds most beautiful creatures as animal paps get up close and personal. These pictures show nature photographers getting up close with snakes, cheetahs, rhinos and even lions, as they go to any lengths to get their perfect shots.
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
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 .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .