A baby orangutan has been born at the zoo in Paignton, Devon which keepers believe to be a girl. Picture: R. Wiltshire/Paignton Zoo/Solent News
Orangutans find shelter from the sun at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Park in Jersey, Channel Islands. Picture: Jules Annan/Barcroft Media
A zoo in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China has launched a competition to find a name for a newborn baby orangutan. The unnamed female orangutan is now 100 days old and was born to parents Bo Yi and Kou Lai La. Picture: Quirky China News / Rex Features
An orangutan plays at Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: Action Press / Rex Features
A three-year-old orangutan drinks water from a soft drink can at a private zoo in Bangkok, Thailand. Picture: EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
A six-day-old baby orangutan snuggles up to its mother at Zoom Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Picture: EPA/ROLAND WEIHRAUCH
Two orangutans huddle together to keep warm during a cold spell at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan. Picture: EPA
Tanga, a Sumatran orangutan, enjoys fruit and vegetables after receiving a Christmas hamper at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo. Picture: VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images
An orangutan drinks a bottle of water at Surabaya Zoo in East Java, Indonesia. Picture: Robertus Pudyanto / Barcroft Media
Baby orangutan Dewi celebrates her second birthday at Melbourne Zoo, Australia. Picture: James D. Morgan / Rex Features
It may still be November but for the orangutans of Ouwehand Zoo in Rhenen, Netherlands, Christmas has come early. The apes were given gifts wrapped in shiny foil paper, which they happily unwrapped. Picture: Action Press / Rex Features
Orangutans feed on bananas in Tanjung Puting national park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Orangutan A-Me (C) is seen with her children, a newborn (L) and another of five years (R), at the zoo of Guadalajara, Mexico. Picture: EPA/ULISES RUIZ BASURTO
A young orangutan plays at the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary in Sabah, Malaysia. Picture: Quintin Lake / Barcroft Media