WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up. After a day of playing on the beach with friends, the grey seal spends a few minutes nudging the photography equipment with his nose before striking a pose. The adorable seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. The 26-year-old, of Turin, Italy, says: ‘I came quite close to the seals trying to get the perfect picture. This pup saw me and it was absolutely not scared of the camera at all.
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .