CUTE ALERT: One Direction melt our hearts

If this doesn't cheer you up on this rainy day, we don't know what will

Just when we thought it wasn't possible to fall in love with One Direction anymore than we already do, they went and published these photos of the boys cuddling an impossibly cute koala bear.

The One Direction lads have been making the most of their time in Australia, and yesterday they got to grips with a koala at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane.

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Kat the koala, who seemed to charm Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson in particular, is now probably the most envied animal in the world, by 1D fans and the entire Marie Claire office at least!

Understandably, Kat didn't want to be parted from Harry Styles after their cuddle and dug her claws into the handsome teen as she was dragged away, causing him, by the looks of it, a great deal of pain. Ouch!

We're not going to lie, we'd quite happily trade places with Kat the koala right now.

One Direction, made up of Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne, are currently taking Australia by storm as they tour the country.

If these 1D photos don't cheer you up on this rainy day, we don't know what will!

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