TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo. The Sumatran tiger cubs are given a full examination by zoo staff to ensure they’re in purr-fect shape. The trio, born to mother Kirana and father Fabi on 2nd January, huddle together after their checks, which included being examined, sexed, weighed and vaccinated.
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .