Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show. Climbing right to the top of the tree, the zoo’s spectacled bear Bernardo can often be seen relaxing with his head in the clouds. Four-year-old Bernardo moved to the zoo after travelling from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals said: “An exchange of animals between the USA and Europe doesn’t happen very often at all, which makes Bernardo even more special to us here at the zoo.
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
