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 BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .