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.
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .