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.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .