WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure. The blissful ape throws herself around using trees, branches and ropes in Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts. The playful scene was captured by photographer Abeselom Zerit when he visited the zoo in north-western America. The 43-year-old, of Pawtucket , Rhode Island, says: "This adolescent chimp, named Tanzie, turned six in March and she reminds me a lot of my own five-year-old - very curious and rascally!
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .