These days you only need to glance at the TV to be swept away by waves of bad news. Floods, recession, increased prices of shoes! It’s a wonder we haven’t flipped and gone postal. But there is a perfect antidote to all this negativity. Here you can look at some pictures of cute animals from around the world, just to cheer you up. Prepare to have your heartstrings well and truly tugged!
Pass the donut please!
It’s a panda! Eating a frozen donut-shaped ice lolly!! Awwww!!!
First steps
This three-week-old lion cub born in Cali Zoo, Colombia, takes her first tentative steps, overlooked by mum to make sure she stays on track!
Double trouble
These twin ocelots are too cool for school! Born in Berlin Zoo in Germany, they already promise to be quite a handful. Ocelots are like tiny leopards.
Baby face
It’s impossible to look a baby gorilla in the face and not have your heart melt and turn to jelly.
Man’s best friend
Border Collie pups revel in Slovakia’s wintry weather. Golly gosh this tyke is so lovely, we just want to take him home. Fetch!
Play mates
This unlikely trio forged a close friendship after this injured squirrel was rescued from the streets of Envigado in Colombia.
Rough & tumble
Who says donkeys can’t be cute? Look at these beauties!
Sweetie anteater
A baby giant anteater takes a piggy back ride with mummy. This little tyke can hoover up to 30,000 insects a day. Grim, but still kind of sweet.
Compare the meerkat!
At London Zoo this meerkat searches for his Easter egg pressie in the hope that he’ll find some cheap car insurance inside.
Snowball chaser
It seems that elephants can enjoy the snow as much as we do! At least this elephant in Berlin zoo seems to, with his scrummy snowball chaser.
Nellie the elephant
This one-day-old Asian elephant from Chester Zoo is so cute, you’ll spend the day walking around inside a pink fluffy adorable-elephant-shaped clo
Club rhino
...Unless you find a baby rhino! These stunning animals live in the Kashara Chitwan National Park in Nepal.
Giraffe bath
This baby giraffe is bathed by its mother just after being born.
Zebras crossing
These zebras show off their stripes in Edinburgh zoo.
Neon rabbits
One word. Why? These coloured rabbis are sold at the massive Souq Waqif bazaar in Qatar.
‘Ave a banana!
You want cute? Look at this monkey eating a banana. These adorable critters scavenge for food in parks across Hong Kong.
Racoons rule
It’s true, they do.
Froggy & moggy
We’ve never seen a cat stroke a frog before. Maybe the cat is hoping to kiss her froggy friend so he’ll turn into some cat-prince?
Little monsters
These babies look cute now, but just wait until they’ve grown up.
