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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
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 .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .