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.
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .
A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .