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.
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
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 .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .