SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already. The cheerless primate is not in the mood for any photographs, giving the camera the most irritated of glances. This amusing picture was taken by Louisiana writer Debi Dalio, 55, after a visit to the Rio Grande Zoo, New Mexico.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .