Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice. These adorable photographs were taken by Canadian photographer Dennis Minty, 67, when he was working as a polar bear guide on the west side of Hudson Bay, Canada. “This is where bears gather through October and November, in anticipation of the freeze-up of the Bay,” says Dennis, of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .