Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 winners announced: Here are this year's funniest wildlife photos

Take a look at a selection of this year's finalists in the photo gallery above.

Need a bit of a cheering up? Well it's that time of year again when the funniest wildlife photos are announced, and what looks like a particularly painful image has taken out the overall title.

Entitled, appropriately "Ouch", Ken Jensen's photo of a golden silk monkey was captured on the bridge that runs over the river Xun in the Lonsheng Gorge, Yunnan.

The male monkey was actually showing a sign of aggression as he sat on one of the supporting wires, but Jensen's image makes it look like he is pretty uncomfortable.

The picture was taken on a family holiday in China back in 2016, and Jensen says he is delighted to beat 7000 other entries for the overall title.

"I was absolutely overwhelmed to learn that my entry had won, especially when there were quite a number of wonderful photos entered," said the amateur photographer from Blackburn, UK.

"The publicity that my image has received over the last few months has been incredible, it is such a great feeling to know that one's image is making people smile globally as well as helping to support some fantastically worthwhile conservation causes."

Jensen wins a safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya, as well as a trophy.