RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera. After an afternoon of relaxing on the beach, he finally decides to acknowledge his audience as he rolls around in the sand. This adorable seal was photographed by German photographer Jeannette Rudloff, 36, after she spotted the young pup waving on the Island of Heligoland, Germany. 'This small grey seal was not moving too much at first, as he was only a few days old,' says Jeannette, of Morfelden.
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
