SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

THIS cheeky gorilla tries his best to wriggle free from his mum .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .