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.
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
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 .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .