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

WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .

It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

A fish almost escapes the beak of a bird as they both soar through the air .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

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

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .