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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .