Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) juvenile male, five years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Ernie Janes / Black labrador dog resting on reeds used by thatcher to thatch roof, Norfolk, UK, November

Anup Shah / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) male, fourty-one years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Fiona Rogers / Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) male, thirty-six years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) positioned on the edge of the hot springs with head on rock, paw under chin, staring, Jigokudani, Japan, January

Mark Carwardine / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) in cage at Utyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, Vulnerable species

Mark Carwardine / Asiatic black / Moon bear (Ursus thibetanus) chewing at the wire of its cage, Utyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, Kutuzovka Village, Russian Far East, Vulnerable species

Juergen Freund / Vandalism underwater - names etched onto hard corals at a manta cleaning station by bored dive guides waiting for rays to appear. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Vandalism underwater - names etched onto hard corals at a manta cleaning station by bored dive guides waiting for rays to appear. North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) adult with two juveniles. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, November.

Aflo / ic-06702 Leopard yawning {Panthera pardus}

Aflo / ic-04008 Dalmation dog yawning.