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.
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .