WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up. After a day of playing on the beach with friends, the grey seal spends a few minutes nudging the photography equipment with his nose before striking a pose. The adorable seal was photographed by Italian aerospace engineer Guido Muratore on a trip to Donna Nook, located on the coast of Lincolnshire. The 26-year-old, of Turin, Italy, says: ‘I came quite close to the seals trying to get the perfect picture. This pup saw me and it was absolutely not scared of the camera at all.
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .
From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .
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 .