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.
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .