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.
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .