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Migrating birds at Qiandao Lake in Inner Mongolia, China.
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Common eider take to the sky on the Blaavand headland, Denmark’s westernmost point.
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A greylag goose in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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A young long-tailed macaque shows off its mother’s eponymous appendage at the Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, Thailand.
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A bee collecting nectar from blossoms at a park in Kuwait City.
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A goldfinch perches on a branch of a plant in wetlands of Gediz Delta, on the Gulf of Izmir, Turkey.
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A newborn seal pup enjoying life on the sand dunes of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s Donna Nook nature reserve near Grimsby, north-east England.
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A Eurasian blue tit leaves a bird feeder at the feeding ground called ‘Smurfs’ Village’ for birds and squirrels built by Hungarian artist Tamas Kanya in Budakalász, Hungary.
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Jays squabble around a bird feeder in Aberystwyth, Wales.
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A snowy egret fishing next to a congregation of American alligators in Orlando, Florida.
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A southern white rhinoceros at the Nairobi national park just outside Kenya’s capital Nairobi.
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An Indian palm squirrel eats fruit on a tree in Siliguri, India.
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A mute swan glides on the water at Tommy Thompson park in Toronto, Canada.
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A red-tailed hawk flies at Tommy Thompson park in Toronto, Canada.
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A long-tailed macaque, one of many that live around Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, Thailand.
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