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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
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 .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .