WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze. Bathing in the hot springs, he looks right at home as he indulges in a bit of me time. This calm monkey was captured by Edinburgh photographer Chris Rush, 26, while visiting the Jigokudani Monkey Park in Japan. “These photographs capture one of the most beautiful creatures I have ever encountered,” says Chris, originally of Newcastle.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .