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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .