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.
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .