WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure. The blissful ape throws herself around using trees, branches and ropes in Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts. The playful scene was captured by photographer Abeselom Zerit when he visited the zoo in north-western America. The 43-year-old, of Pawtucket , Rhode Island, says: "This adolescent chimp, named Tanzie, turned six in March and she reminds me a lot of my own five-year-old - very curious and rascally!
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .