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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .