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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .