A man jumps on a tree as tries to flee a charging bull during the annual folk festival that celebrates the feast day of Our Lady of Mercedes, in Guarare, Panama, Friday, September 27, 2024. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)





A girl plays with a dog on Friday, August 16, 2024, in Mertarvik, Alaska. (Photo by Rick Bowmer/AP Photo)





A British Shorthair young cat plays with her owner during the judge's evaluation at the International Cat Show SofistiCAT 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, 28 September 2024. Around 250 cats of 15 breeds took part in the international contest organized by the SofistiCat feline owners national association, under the supervision of the International Feline Federation (FIFe). (Photo by Robert Ghement/EPA/EFE)





Ornithologist takes picture of a Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) during the autumn birds ringing in the marshlands of salt fields in Ulcinj, Montenegro, on September 19, 2024. (Photo by Stevo Vasiljevic/Reuters)





A Sphynx cat is held by her owner before entering the contest at the International Cat Show SofistiCAT 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, 28 September 2024. (Photo by Robert Ghement/EPA/EFE)





A resident at Ashgate Hospice, meeting a cow on September 26, 2024. A heartwarming video shows end of life patients meeting and cuddling two adorable calves. Residents at Ashgate Hospice in Chesterfield, UK, spent their day being entertained by four-week-old Brown Swiss cows Bonnie and Bella. Carol Harland, 75, was only admitted into the hospice's inpatient unit two days before the “gorgeous” cows came and visited her but said she had a “lovely day”. Carol, who has bowel cancer, said: “The cows have been gorgeous”. (Photo by South West News Service)





This recent handout photo released by the Berlin Zoological Garden on September 25, 2024 shows a keeper holding one of two Giant Panda cubs born at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. Female Giant Panda Meng Meng has given birth to twins on August 22, 2024, five years after giving birth to her first offspring. Both cubs are developing rapidly and have increased their weight tenfold, the zoo said in a statement. (Photo by Handout/Berlin Zoological Garden/AFP Photo)





Two storks stand in their nest in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, October 1, 2024. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Jengo the dog sits with part of an installation called Eden Dock in London's Canary Wharf financial district, in partnership with the Eden Project, with the aim to improve the well-being of people who live, work or visit the area, Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Phoot by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





Dumble Farm in East Yorkshire, UK offers a unique way to boost mental health… calf-hugging. Adrienne Hodgson-Hoy tries it out with Jen, an eight-month-old Highland cow on October 2, 2024. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times)





Search and rescue teams save a cat from damaged building following Russian airstrike targeted Kharkiv, Ukraine on October 2, 2024. According to preliminary reports, five guided aerial bombs were launched from two SU-34 aircraft. Two of the missiles impacted the Dergachiv community in the Kharkiv district, while three others struck the city of Kharkiv itself. (Photo by Kharkiv Regional Military Adm./Anadolu via Getty Images)





British actor Damien Lewis drives sheep over Southwark Bridge, London, in the 11th London Sheep Drive on Sunday, September 29, 2024. As a Freeman of the City of London Damien has the historic entitlement to drive their sheep over the River Thames toll free, retracing the steps of London's ancient trading routes. (Photo by James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images)





A horse looks on during a traditional horse racing competition in the village of Opoja, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Armend Nimani/AFP Photo)





A dog wades through floodwaters near collapsed homes in Dekle Beach on the coast of rural Taylor County, Fla., Friday, September 27, 2024. (Photo by Kate Payne/AP Photo)





A marmoset tries to stay cool as he relaxes in the shade of a garbage can lid at Forte Duque de Caxias on a hot spring day in Rio de Janeiro on September 25, 2024. The small primates are native to South America and along with tamarins, are commonly found throughout the Atlantic Forest Environmental Protection Area. (Photo by Bob Karp/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Dana the dog wears glasses as people watch an annular solar eclipse, in Las Horquetas, Santa Cruz, Argentina, on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)





Participants and their cats wait for giant dominoes to fall in downtown Toronto, Ontario on September 22, 2024. 8000 giant dominoes were set to fall along 2.5 km route during public art project created by Station House Opera. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A man releases a baby sea turtle in Buenaventura, Colombia, 27 September 202. The Corporacion Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca (CVC) led together with the communities at the mouth of the Cajambre river, a day of releasing black olive ridley sea turtles. (Photo by Ernesto Guzman/EPA/EFE)





A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station crew rescues a man and his dog during Hurricane Helene after his sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida on September 26, 2024. (Photo by US Coast Guard via Reuters)





A squirrel walks with a nut in its mouth among autumn colours on fallen foliage from trees, in Dublin, Ireland on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)