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 diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .