Humans and Animals
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In this image released by the Center for Birds of Prey on December 11, 2022, you can see a bald eagle that possibly suffered from poisoning after consuming the carcass of a euthanized animal that was improperly disposed of in a Minnesota landfill. (Photo by The Raptor Center via AP Photo)
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Employees hold a pair of dogs, Gomi, left, and Songgang, at a park in Gwangju, South Korea, Monday, December 12, 2022. The dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un four years ago ended up being resettled at a zoo in South Korea following a dispute over who should finance the caring of the animals. (Photo by Chun Jung-in/Yonhap via AP Photo)
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Cows, let out of a trailer after three days inside it, graze on the shoulder of the Pan-American North Highway blocked by supporters of ex-President Pedro Castillo protesting his detention, in Chao, Peru, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Protests disrupting tourism and trade persisted across Peru Thursday as a judge considered whether to keep Castillo in custody while authorities build their case against him for inciting a rebellion. (Photo by Hugo Curotto/AP Photo)
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A boy poses for photo with an American Pit Bull Terrier "Bice" in the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation in Boyarka close Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatized by the war. The Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation is a state-operated community center where a group of people are trying to help those who have experienced a trauma after the Feb. 24 Russian invasion, and now they are using dogs like Bice to give comfort. (Photo by Vasilisa Stepanenko/AP Photo)
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A barn owl is wrapped in a towel during a health check on December 07, 2022 in Dubbo, Australia. The new hospital is the only dedicated wildlife hospital west of the Blue Mountains. Aside from providing care to all of the animals in Taronga's care from Rhinos though to Siamangs, it also plays an important role in treating injured native wildlife and supporting the animals in the zoo's conservation breeding programs. A key element of the hospital is that the treatment rooms are all on show to guests, allowing them a window into seeing how the team heals the wild. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicewoman Valeriia, 28, holds one of two puppies found two weeks ago in an abandoned house in a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Vladyslav Smilianets/Reuters)
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A dog looks out of the window of a destroyed residential building in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on December 4, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/AFP Photo)
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A stag deer walks through the snow in Richmond Park in south west London on Monday, December 12, 2022. Snow and ice have swept across parts of the UK, with cold wintry conditions set to continue for days. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)
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An Andean woman walks next to Alpacas in the Quechua community of Lagunillas in Puno, southern Peru, on December 2, 2022. The harsh drought in the Peruvian Andes has caused the death of animals such as alpacas and affected crops and the economy of local communities. It has forced the Peruvian government to declare a 60-day emergency in 111 districts of the region. (Photo by Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP Photo)
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Olga Chpinyova, 81, and her dog Tosha are seen on a boat during their evacuation from a holiday village of Potyomkinskyi island on the Dnieper river near Kherson, on December 6, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP Photo)
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This handout picture released by Chigorodo's Firefighters Press Office shows a Silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in Chigorodo, Colombia, on December 2, 2022. (Photo by Chigorodo's Firefighters Press Office/AFP Photo)
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Provincial fisheries' officials and rescuers help a whale injured and stranded after a strong storm, at Nara Beach in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on December 5, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)
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A swimmers walk out of Serpentine lake, as cold weather continues, in London, Britain on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)
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David Martinez, a divemaster and shark feeder, risks life and limb when he hand feeds tiger sharks at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas in December 2022. (Photo by Caters News Agency)
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With the U.S. Capitol behind them, (L-R) Blanca Belloso and Jessi Alvarez take a photo with Delilah the camel from a nearby live nativity scene near the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in the Moore v. Harper case December 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Moore v. Harper case stems from the redrawing of congressional maps by the North Carolina GOP-led state legislature following the 2020 Census. The map was struck down by the state supreme court for partisan gerrymandering that violated the state constitution. Also at issue in the case is the independent state legislature theory, a theory that declares state legislatures should have primary authority for setting rules of federal elections with few checks and balances. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Cybermen in the National Museum Of Scotland at a preview for the Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder exhibition at National Museum Of Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
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A fox walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters)
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Russian model Irina Shayk befriends a deer in Mexico in the first decade of December 2022. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)
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Pigeons gather to drink water from the Old Well fountain at the Souq Waqif in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, December 7, 2022. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)
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A very special K9 Carol Service organised by RSPCA affiliated Llys Nini Animal Centre is held at St Davids Church in Penllergaer, Swansea, Wales conducted by Rev John Gillibrand on December 11, 2022. The furry friend service saw dogs of all sizes, accompanied by their owners, enjoy a unique Christmas service. Llys Nini Animal Centre, which was established almost 200 years ago, helps hundreds of animals in need every year. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)