A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Pic By HotSpot Media - SWASTIKA’S SPRAYED ON MOSQUE - RACIST graffiti including swastikas have been emblazoned on a £2 .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .