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!
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .