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A newly born female hippopotamus named Bulma is pictured with her mother at the zoological park of Amneville. AFP -
Egrets sit on a grazing one-horned rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park, 220 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam. AFP -
Mother Khalila, a Barbary lion, watches over her two-month-old cubs inside their enclosure at the Safari Park in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic. EPA -
One common tern shadows another carrying a bait fish plucked from the waters of Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. AP -
A leatherback sea turtle moves along the beach wearing an Argos transmitter set on its shell by Damien Chevallier, a researcher of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) as part of a Greenpeace mission at the Awala-Yalimapo beach, on the north coast of French Guiana. AFP -
Giraffes at the zoo of Vincennes, in Paris. AP -
One of three newborn cloud leopards go outside for the first time in Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, The Netherlands. EPA -
An Indian mahout stands on an elephant as he takes them to their shelter in Kaziranga National Park, 220 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam. AFP -
Sparrows enjoy the leftovers of a tarte flambee in a cafe in Hamburg, northern Germany. AFP -
A one-horned rhinoceros grazes as egrets fly overhead in Kaziranga National Park, 220 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam. AFP -
An alligator floats in the Humboldt Park Lagoon in Chicago. Officials couldn't say how the creature got there, but traps are being placed around the lagoon in hopes the animal will swim into one and be safely removed. AP -
A moon bear rests inside an enclosure at the Vietnam bear rescue centre, in Tam Dao national park, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam. EPA -
Two of seven Artic white wolf cubs born in May play with their mother at the zoological park of Amneville. AFP -
A five-week-old red-crowned crane among adult birds in Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, northwestern Hungary. EPA -
A bee collects pollen from a blossoming sunflower in a field near Nagykanizsa, Hungary. EPA -
A Southern Right Whale is seen at Ribanceira Beach, Imbituba, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. AFP -
A Rosalia longicorn is seen on a tree trunk near Siatorska Bukovinka, Slovakia. EPA -
Spotted Burnet Moths fly in a conservation area of wild flowers in Dover, England. Getty Images
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