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.
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .