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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .