SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings. Peering carefully out of the opening, one by one, the squirrels scout the area before scrambling back inside their den. The cute peekaboo display was caught on camera by photographer Rick Tomalty in his garden in Orford in Quebec, Canada.
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
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 .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
