DASHING and darting around in his new surroundings, this adorable newborn Brazilian tapir is making the most of the scorching temperatures. The two-week old calve is pictured enjoying himself in the blazing sun at his new home at Dublin Zoo. He was born at the start of the month (July 1) and is the latest addition to a growing family at the zoo. The stripey tapir is the second calf to be born to mum, Rio and dad, Marmaduke, with brother MJ already a familiar face.
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .