FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON. The Giant Canyon swing will throw you 1,300 feet above the Colorado River at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, America. Owner of Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Steve Beckley, 41, admits that despite being the brains behind the operation he has only ever tried out the ride for himself on one occasion.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
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 .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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 .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .