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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .