An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America. Born 10th January 2013, the infant Sumatran orangutan was the first child of mum Blaze. Pongo was born by Caesarean section and was raised by a team of zoo keepers, volunteers and veterinarians, while his mum recovered. First-time mother Blaze initially had to learn to develop maternal skills following her son's birth by Caesarean section last January.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .