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.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .