WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight. Playing in minus six degrees temperatures, the juvenile males stand on their hind legs as they trade blows in their light-hearted battle. These adorable photographs were captured by American photographer Barbara Motter, 55, after she spotted the two bears play fighting in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. ‘This is where the polar bears congregate, waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze and their winter hunting season to begin,’ says the 55 year old, of Maryland.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .