WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight. Playing in minus six degrees temperatures, the juvenile males stand on their hind legs as they trade blows in their light-hearted battle. These adorable photographs were captured by American photographer Barbara Motter, 55, after she spotted the two bears play fighting in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. ‘This is where the polar bears congregate, waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze and their winter hunting season to begin,’ says the 55 year old, of Maryland.
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
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 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .