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.
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .