HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy. After a day of relaxing on the beach, the adorable grey seal pup spots the camera and covers its face with a furry flipper to avoid being papped. The seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. Spending three days photographing the seals, Guido was just six metres away from the happy creatures.
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .