Photo of the Day: Playful
A meerkat playing in the foliage at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling, where staff have added fallen leaves to the meerkat enclosure. (PA)
Photo of the Day: Autumn is here
One of the best images we’ve seen this morning this this park in Jiuquan, China which shows autumn has truly arrived. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Rather You than Me
Daredevil Mich Kemeter, 23, walks across a tight rope without any safety harness above the 1,000ft of Verdon Gorge. One wrong move could have seen Mich plummet 650ft foot into the Grand Canyon du Verdon in South of France. But the extreme Austrian athlete managed to navigate his way safely across the thin tight rope in just under two minutes. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Like a Bird
A hang glider soars through the air above a chain of mountains in Schiers, Switzerland. (Arno Balzarini/Keystone)
Photo of the Day: Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses his new book, “Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story,” at the Hamilton in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Photo of the Day: Like Father, Like Son
8-year-old Robert Irwin, son of Steve, feeds freshwater crocodiles with Australia Zoo’s Head of Reptiles, Josh Ruffell first time in public. (Getty)
Photo of the Day: Spreewald Forest, Germany
Farmer Harald Wenske transports a harvest of pumpkins yesterday from a field that can be reached only by his traditional boat in Lehde in the Spreewald forest, Germany. (Patrick Pleul / The Guardian)
Photo of the Day: Family Portrait
Kukena the baby western lowland gorilla clings to his mum Salome as Kukena celebrates his first birthday on September 27th at Bristol Zoo Gardens. (PA)
Photo of the Day: Wrong Turn
A truck hangs from the Chavantes bridge near Fartura, southern Brazil. The truck driver survived the accident uninjured. (AP)
Photo of the Day: Waiting for the New iPhone 5
Fans of technology giant Apple, camp outside the Apple store on Regents Street in Central London 48 hours before the official release of the new iPhone 5. (WENN)
Photo of the Day: Keep Calm and Have a Rest
A baby alligator rests on its mother’s head at the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge. (Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post)
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Photo of the Day: Fly Away
Yves ‘Jetman’ Rossy flies over Swiss mountains in close-formation with a Spitfire MH434 piloted by Nigel Lamb. (Christian Mauron/PHOTOPRESS/Breitling via AP Images)
Photo of the Day: A Dog Relaxes on a Heap of Coal
A dog relaxes on a heap of coal at the Kankaria Railway Yard in Ahmedabad on September 5, 2012. Indian police on September 4 opened a probe into five coal companies after raiding premises across the country over the alleged misallocation of lucrative mining rights. (Sam Panthaky/AFP photo)
Photo of the Day: Contact
1-year-old Sully Scott meets curious sea lion “Avila” at Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s newest exhibit, Sea Lion Cove. (John Walker/The Fresno Bee)
Photo of the Day: Dangerous
Jamie Addison does some tricks on his scooter at Eastbourne Skate Park in Eastbourne. It is the new sports-craze sweeping the country but one 11-year-old is taking the art of micro-scooting to the extreme. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Because You’re Worth It
Tiny the lion whips his mane, reminiscent of the famous L’Oreal adverts at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent. (Carl Stovell / Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Cooling Off
Two dogs cool themselves down at a fountain in Budapest. Hungary was hit by heat waves on Tuesday. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Standing Room Only
People cool down in a swimming pool, also in Daying county, Sichuan province, China. (AP)
Photo of the Day: On the Edge
A Slackliner walks on a highline at Wendelstein mountain near Bayrisch Zell in the Bavarian Alps. The sportsman is secured by a safety rope but has to cross 229 feet at an altitude of 5,905 feet. (Uwe Lein/dapd)
Photo of the Day: Shake Your Body
A dog shakes water out of its fur at Edersee reservoir near Rehbach, Germany. (Uwe Zucchi/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo of the Day: Training Session
Children take part in a gymnastics training session at Bozhou Gymnastics Training Base, China. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: New Hope
One of four 3-week-old newborn sand cats, peers from a cave in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv. The Safari spokeswoman reported a total of 7 sand cats currently living in captivity in Israel, and said the country’s sand cat population had been completely extinct, mostly due to habitat destruction. (AP)
Photo of the Day: Seeng Double
Rare double rainbows are seen in the in the sky in Tekes, China. (Barcroft)
Photo of the Day: Photo Finish
What is believed to be the first ever town-centre sheep racing competition in Scotland. Moffat staged the event on the high street in what organisers hope will become an annual competition. (Rex)
