CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious. Lying on the sand with his eyes closed, he lets out a belly laugh for the camera. The amused harbour seal was photographed by German photographer Tobias Kuhl, 27, on a trip to the small island Helgoland in Germany. ‘I had been watching the seals for about fourteen days during my trip to Helgoland,’ says Tobias, of Bonn, Germany.
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .