A Bosnian Muslim man rides a horse at the annual pilgrimage Ajvatovica during which they pray for rain and commemorate the legend of Ajvaz-Dedo, a 15th-century Islamic scholar, in Prusac, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Amel Emric/Reuters)





Ferrets sniff a fruit ice pop at Stepney City Farm, where staff work to keep animals cool during a heatwave in London, Britain, on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters)





Head of the breeding program Manuel Gaillard holds two puppies of the Saint Bernard dog breed during a press visit ahead of the inauguration of the Barryland museum and parc in Martigny, in the Swiss Alps, on June 26, 2025. The Barry Foundation is opening a unique venue dedicated to the Saint Bernard rescue dog, Switzerland's national emblem. (Photo by Manuel Gaillard/AFP Photo)





David Baddeley and his miniature Labradoodle, named Crumble, cool off in the River Colne in Rickmansworth, Britain on July 1, 2025. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)





A gull strikes a pose in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK in June 2025 – just one of the UK towns struggling with the issue of gulls, particularly kittiwakes, that nest, steal food and leave abundant droppings throughout residential areas. (Phoot by Ali Smith/The Guardian)





A hippopotamus catches a frozen melon at Rome Zoological Garden “Bioparco” during a heat wave in Rome on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)





People watch as a turtle is released on a beach as part of the initiative “We save turtles” in Valencia, Spain, 25 June 2025. (Photo by Kai Forsterling/EPA)





Giant panda Xin Xin stands next to a paper cake celebrating its 35th birthday at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, Mexico on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters)





A kea parrot drops an ice cube that was brought to its enclosure on a hot and sunny day at the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)





A resident holds her dog at the site of an apartment building damaged during Russian drone and missile strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Smila, Cherkasy region, Ukraine on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Cherkasy region/Handout via Reuters)





The show horse Salmeron on June 28, 2025 steals the show at Heveningham Concours where some of the “world’s most exceptional” cars were on display, among them the McMurtry Spéirling, one of Britain’s newest cars. The Concours takes place alongside the Heveningham Hall Country Fair and all the proceeds and profits go into a charitable trust. (Photo by Russell Sach)





Ollie the golden doodle on June 27, 2025 enjoys a moment of stillness in his owners’ 1972 Fiat 500 after the drive from Tuscany to Ipswich to join the Heveningham Concours Grand Tour, a 50-mile excursion around Suffolk, UK featuring vehicles ranging from pre-war cars to state-of-the-art supercars. (Photo by Russell Sach)





A group of raccoons come out after dark in Kassel, Germany in the last decade of June 2025. There are thousands of raccoons in the city, and while many in the city have embraced the animal, the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do next. (Photo by David Hup)





An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2025, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Participants are seen with their donkeys during 19th Regional Donkey Contest, one of the most traditional and representative festivals of Boyaca's peasant culture, in Moniquira, Colombia on June 29, 2025. The festival, held for 23 years, honors the Colombian peasant and their faithful work companion – the donkey. Activities included a donkey sound imitation contest and awards for the most creative costumes, celebrating the animal's historic role in rural life. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Saint Bernard dog receives care during a press visit ahead of the inauguration of the Barryland museum and parc in Martigny, in the Swiss Alps, on June 26, 2025. The Barry Foundation is opening a unique venue dedicated to the Saint Bernard rescue dog, Switzerland's national emblem. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Photo)





A caretaker feeds elephants with frozen watermelons to cool them off at Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette on July 2, 2025, as a heatwave hits Europe. Withering conditions that have baked southern Europe for days crept northward, shutting some schools and daycare centres in France and the Netherlands, and sparking health warnings. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat/AFP Photo)





A polar bear cools off in the water at Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette on July 2, 2025, as a heatwave hits Europe. (Photo by Nicolas Tucat/AFP Photo)





A tiger enjoys frozen food at Rome Zoological Garden “Bioparco” during a heat wave in Rome on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP Photo)





A child cleans a buffalo in the Euphrates River during a hot day in Raqqa, Syria on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Orhan Qereman/Reuters)