BRIGHT eyed and bushy tailed, a rare monkey catches a ride on the back of its mum in Chester Zoo. At only 12 weeks old, buffy-headed capuchin monkey is one of the world’s rarest species of primates. Dr Nick Davis, assistant curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, said: “In the past they were abundant in the Atlantic rainforests of eastern Brazil, but sadly they’re now on the verge of disappearing from the wild because of severe destruction to their habitat and intense hunting.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
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 .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
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 .