A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue. Weighing nearly 36 stone, the female moose was lucky to survive after she slipped through the ice that formed over Muncho Lake in northern British Columbia, Canada. The moose was rescued by travellers, truck drivers and locals after they spotted the animal's head bobbing above the ice.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
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 .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .