With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night. Snuggling up on top of a rocky hill, he lies comfortably as he puts his head down at the end of a long day. Italian Marco Gaiotti, 30, took these photographs of this sleepy polar bear in Northern Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, during a beautiful full moon at sunset. 'I desperately wanted to take a picture of a polar bear with the full moon behind it,' says Marco, of Genova, Italy.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch.
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly.
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond.
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts.
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs.
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes.
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them.
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil.
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano.