An injured opossum receives treatment from the NGO Instituto Vida Livre after being rescued in an urban area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2025. The institute works to rescue, rehabilitate, and release distressed wild animals. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
A corgi dog participates in a fashion show at the Corgi Race Vilnius 2025 international event in Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo)
A staff member holds one of 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during its public debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keeper Jessica Ray observes Humboldt penguins as London Zoo staff conduct their annual weigh-in on August 19, 2025. The event helps monitor the animals’ health, development, and pregnancies. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)
A barn owl is displayed at Dublin Falconry near Lucan, Dublin, UK, on August 24, 2025.(Photo by Niall Carson/PA Wire)
A cow chases runners on the final day of the running of the bulls in Falces, Navarra, northern Spain, on August 24, 2025. The event, held on an 800-meter downhill trail, resulted in eight runners requiring medical attention.(Photo by Jesus Diges/EPA)
Harvest mice await release in Tiverton, Devon, England, in late August 2025. Two schoolchildren initiated a project to release 250 of the animals.(Photo by Karen Robinson/The Guardian)
Several yellow-crested cockatoos, a critically endangered species, rest on a light pole in Hong Kong’s Sai Ying Pun neighborhood on July 30, 2025. Conservation efforts for the species, which has a global population of only 1,200-2,000, are underway in the city.(Photo by Yan Zhao/AFP Photo)
Sikh devotees carry their pet eagles during a religious procession from the Gurudwara Ramsar to the Akal Takht Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, on August 24, 2025, marking the anniversary of the installation of the sacred text.(Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)
A dog wades through a flooded lane at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, India, on August 28, 2025, after the water level of the Ganges River rose due to upstream weather.(Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)
Female giant panda twins Leni and Lotti and their mother, Meng Meng, pose with a number “1” cutout to celebrate the twins’ first birthday at Zoo Berlin in Germany on August 22, 2025.(Photo by Liesa Johannssen/Reuters)
A stray dog receives care at the Sarvoham Animal Foundation in Bangalore, India, on August 26, 2025—International Dog Day. This follows a Supreme Court ruling on the management and feeding of stray dogs.(Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)
A bird searches for discarded fish remains at the Ver-o-Peso fish market in Belem, Brazil, on August 26, 2025. Belem is scheduled to host the UN climate conference COP30 in November.(Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)
A family of approximately 20 geese, local celebrities known for waddling to the high street, are seen in March, Cambridgeshire, UK, on August 25, 2025.(Photo by South West News Service)
A woman leads her horse to safety as a large fire burns in a caravan storage facility on Oosteinderweg in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, on August 24, 2025.(Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A mountain and moorland pony waits to enter the arena at the Kilnsey Show, a premier agricultural event in the Yorkshire Dales, in Skipton, United Kingdom, on August 26, 2025.(Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Kyrgyz “berkutchi” (eagle hunters) carry their golden eagles during the Salburun hunting festival in the village of Bokonbayev, near Lake Issyk-Kul, on August 2, 2025.(Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)
A Kyrgyz “berkutchi” (eagle hunter) holds his golden eagle during the Salburun hunting festival near Lake Issyk-Kul on August 2, 2025.(Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)
Kyrgyz horsewomen ride during the Salburun hunting festival in the village of Bokonbayev, near Lake Issyk-Kul, on August 2, 2025.(Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)
Performer Megan Phillips promotes her show, “Catching a Cheese Pervert,” on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on August 21, 2025.(Photo by Alamy Live News)
