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 striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .