This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .