Hawaiian surfer Garrett McNamara set the world record for biggest wave ever ridden back in November 2011, when he tamed a 78-foot monster. McNamara reportedly broke his own record by riding this 100-foot wave on Monday in Nazaré, Portugal.

Two chimpanzees hug each other to keep warm at Qingdao Zoo in Qingdao, Shandong province, Eastern China. (Barcroft)

Sao Doan, 5 years old, watched as her mother took a photo of Merrill Hunt, dressed as Spider-Man, washing windows at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., Thursday. Three window cleaners dressed up for the day. (Cherie Diez/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma Press)

Trees are decorated with lights to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year at the Garden of Morning Calm in Gapyeong, South Korea. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)

56-year-old Colo celebrates her birthday at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Columbus, Ohio. Colo is the oldest gorilla in any zoo. (Grahm S. Jones/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)

After a cold night, frost covers plants in a field in Forestburgh, N.Y. (Tom Bushey/Times Herald-Record)

Workers clean a replica of the Cheops Pyramid of Giza in Miniworld, after snowfall in Lichtenstein, Germany. The cultural park presents about 100 original and true-to detail buildings at a 1:25 scale. (Jens Meyer/Associated Press)

Oliver, a three-month-old white faced capuchin monkey and Miami’s Jungle Island newest baby, is shown to the public. (J Pat Carter/Associated Press)

Two cheetahs groom each other and appear to be kissing after making a kill in the Masai Mara, Kenya. (Hari Santharam / Barcroft)

A boat of whale watchers look the wrong way as humpback whale breaches the water. The playful pod of the humpbacks – which can weigh up to 40 tonnes and measure 50 foot long – have been seen feeding and appearing to play as a group. And when lifeboat crew member Youen Jacob, 37, went out to take a closer look he and his crewmates were treated to a spectacular display. (Caters)