TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .