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.
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .