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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .