ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another. The cubs reveal their sweet sibling bond by wrapping their arms around each other. Italian photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza captured the special moment in the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany. The 39-year-old, of Parma, Italy, says: “Bears, especially young ones, are very playful and curious.
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .