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.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .