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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
Pic By HotSpot Media - ‘WORLD’S SMALLEST CINEMA’ IN OAP’S HOUSE -IN PIC- AN OAP film buff has brought the big screen to his home and built the world's smallest cinema in his BEDROOM .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .
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Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .