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.
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .