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.
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .