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.
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
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A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .
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A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .
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At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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