Whether they’re sharing a bath or snuggled up during a nap, a baby and his bulldog buddy make an utterly adorable twosome. Photographer Ivette Ivens noticed the growing bond between her son Dilan and the family’s French bulldog, Farley, both eight-months-old. Ivette, of Chicago, Illinois, decided to photograph the inseparable pair in a series of images that would capture the baby and the bulldog’s heart-warming friendship. The 25-year-old mum-of-two says: ‘Farley is always around us, and he follows Dilan everywhere.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
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A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .