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!
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .