STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow. With his chin resting on his paws, the furry giant looks like he has a lot to think about in Wapusk National Park, located in northern Manitoba, Canada. These photographs were taken by 39-year-old professional photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, while on a seven day trip to the park. At times Alberto, of Parma, Italy, was just three metres away from the polar bears.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .