An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera. Lying on a coconut leaf in the early morning sun, the tiny little rodent has his mouth wide open, before sticking his tongue out in a cheeky gesture. The moment was captured by 19-year-old student, Ranajit Roy in his hometown of Bengaluru, India. He says: 'I was up early and walking when I spotted the Indian palm squirrel asleep in a tree.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .