These touching photos show the incredible relationship between a man and the orphaned rhino he has looked after since it was just a baby.
One-year-old Ithuba gave Axel Tarifa, 23, a peck on the cheek to say thank you for all his efforts as the two leaned in for a selfie together in South Africa.
Ithuba arrived at the Thula Thula Private Game Reserve Safari Lodge's rhino orphanage when he was just five months after losing his parents.
Rhino handler Axel, from Paris, France, spent months looking after the young rhino, striking up an incredible bond with the huge animal - who would have been unable to fend for himself in the wild.
They are now so close that they even take selfies together - but Axel was knocked over when Ithuba tried to muscle his way into a shot during what supposed to be an individual picture.
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However, Axel appeared not to mind when his four-legged friend gave him a kiss, and even giggled when Ithuba attempted to nibble at his t-shirt.
Axel said: 'Baby rhinos are very playful, so I think he appreciated getting in on my selfies. Sometimes we'll be lying in the bush and he will try and steal my phone off of me.
'Ithuba was a very traumatised little rhino when he came to the orphanage at only five-months-old.
'It's a real blessing that we have such a strong bond, I love him to bits. Rhinos are an endangered species and to be able to work, bond and share a life with them is amazing.
'Ithuba grew up with me, but I definitely grew up with him too and I've learned a lot because of it.'