STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow. With his chin resting on his paws, the furry giant looks like he has a lot to think about in Wapusk National Park, located in northern Manitoba, Canada. These photographs were taken by 39-year-old professional photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, while on a seven day trip to the park. At times Alberto, of Parma, Italy, was just three metres away from the polar bears.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42 .
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 .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .