ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .