A cat named Lola waits in her kennel for a blessing during a ceremony honoring St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, in Panama City, Panama.(Photo by Enea Lebrun/Reuters)
A visitor photographs a Magellanic penguin in its newly renovated habitat at the Lisbon Oceanarium. The exhibit, which also houses Inca terns, is the first major reconstruction since the aquarium opened in 1998.(Photo by Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP Photo)
A dog named Cooky awaits a blessing at a ceremony for St. Francis of Assisi in Panama City, Panama.(Photo by Enea Lebrun/Reuters)
Police stand guard before a press conference on the extradition of “Tren de Aragua” gang members at a high-security prison in Santiago, Chile.(Photo by Esteban Félix/AP Photo)
A European Tree Frog, a species extinct in the UK since the 17th century, sits in its enclosure at the Celtic Rewilding center in Staffordshire, England.(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Giant pandas enjoy specially made mooncakes to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Chongqing Zoo in China.(Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Veterinarian Elliott Simpson-Brown monitors Lira the lion during dental surgery at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent, UK. Lira was one of four lions rescued from war-torn Ukraine.(Photo by Richard Pohle/Times Media Ltd)
A pelican investigates a dropped ketchup bottle outside a cafe in London’s St James’s Park. The pelican colony, a popular attraction, was introduced to the park in 1664.(Photo by Stephen Chung/Alamy Live News)
A woman comforts a rabbit rescued from the debris of houses destroyed in an attack in Robles, Colombia. Authorities blame a dissident FARC faction.(Photo by Santiago Saldarriaga/AP Photo)
A woman presents her dog for a blessing by a priest during the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.(Photo by Tita Barros/Reuters)
A man carries his dog along the Avenue Champs Elysees during a march of over 500 dogs celebrating World Animal Day in Paris, France.(Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
A bull elk joins other elk in wandering through the parking lot of a shopping center Wednesday, October 1, 2025, in Estes Park, Colo. (Photo by David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Natalie Gudgeon, a specialist for deaf and neurodivergent students, attends the Conservative Party conference with her assistance dog, Oakley, in Manchester, UK.(Photo by James Glossop/The Times & Sunday Times)
A squirrel eats food offered to it on a wall in Siliguri, West Bengal, India.(Photo by Diptendu Dutta/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A woman holds an abandoned dog she found on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.(Photo by Brian Inganga/AP Photo)
Women walk past cats lounging in a park in the Strovolos district of Nicosia, Cyprus.(Photo by Petros Karadjias/AP Photo)
A cat walks through the debris of a church damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine.(Photo by Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)
A juvenile fox plays peek-a-boo with a photographer in Surbiton, Surrey, UK.(Photo by Dimitar Nedelchev/Solent News & Photo Agency)
A demonstrator holds a dog and a Palestinian flag during a protest in Mexico City, marking the two-year anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel.(Photo by Raquel Cunha/Reuters)
Thirty-six loggerhead sea turtles, bred in captivity at the Oceanografic Aquarium in Valencia, are released into the sea at La Marina Beach in Elche, Spain.(Photo by Morell/EPA)
