Top 10 images of orangutans for International Day of Happiness

For #InternationalDayofHappiness we have selected our top 10 images of orangutans that are sure to put a smile on your face. Which is your favourite one,? Flick through the gallery below and let us know.

1. What's so funny little one? By Brian Matthews

Female Bornean orangutan and offspring, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo

2. Young Bornean orangutan by Ian Wood

Ian runs Borneo Orangutan Photography Tours in October and November each year and supports our work.

3. Rough and tumbles. Orangutan Foundation

Reintroduced female orangutan Amoi with infant Alex, Lamandau Willdife Reserve, Indonesian Borneo.

4. Lovable orphaned orangutan Endut. Orangutan Foundation

5. What a scrunched up face! By Brian Matthews

Photo taken in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo.

6. Two's trouble in the trees! Orangutan Foundation

7. Piggybacking backwards! Orangutan Foundation

8. Big beautiful eyes. Orangutan Foundation

Reintroduced female orangutan Badut, with her baby BB.

9. Enjoying a swing! By Ian Wood

10. Cool hair! Orangutan Foundation

The Orangutan's World: A Photographic Celebration of Bornean Wildlife

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This book provides a glimpse into the world of the orangutan through a collection of photographs of the flora and fauna found in Tanjung Puting National Park and the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo.

World renowned wildlife photographers Anup Shah, Ian Wood, Brian Matthews, and David Yarrow have contributed as have award winners from the Orangutan Foundation’s staff in Indonesia.

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Smile and the world smiles with you

Ian Wood is a writer and photographer who specialises in nature, travel and wildlife.  He also supports our work through his Orangutan Photographic Trips.  Below is an excerpt from his blog, which will put a smile on your face.  Visit http://agoodplace.co.uk/blog,  Ian's blog, to read his reports on his trips to Borneo in 2012 and take at look at some of his stunning photography. 'Exchanging eye contact with any great ape imbues a deep sense of connection ... so when this mother and baby orangutan gazed into my eyes it was already a special moment. But then something else happened ... they both started displaying emotions which looked like laughter. So here's the question ... are they smiling and laughing ? Or am I merely observing them from my limited perception of being human ? @IanWoodPhotos'

A big thank you to Ian and to all who joined one of Ian's trips in 2012 for supporting our work.

Thank you,

Orangutan Foundation