BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test. The one year old Eurasian brown bear cub, with the help of her mother and other siblings, scampers ten metres up the tree trunk, before perching on one of the branches. The nimble cub clings on with her claws as the tree wobbles back and forth. This adorable family bonding time was captured by Lithuanian photographers Dalia Kvedaraite, 35, and Giedrius Stakauskas, 38, on a visit to the Martinselkonen Nature Reserve, Russia.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .