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.
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
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 .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .