An opossum receives treatment after it was found injured in an urban area by the Instituto Vida Livre, as the NGO works to rescue, rehabilitate and release wild animals in distress, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





A corgi dog participates in a fashion show during a international event Corgi Race Vilnius 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, August 23, 2025. (Photo by Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo)





A staff member holds one of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. (Photo by Matt Rourke/AP Photo)





Keeper Jessica Ray watches Humboldt Penguins as keepers at London Zoo record animals' vital statistics at the annual weigh-in as a way of monitoring their health, development and even identifying pregnancies, in London, Tuesday, August 19, 2025. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo)





A barn owl during a display at Dublin Falconry near Lucan in Dublin, UK on Sunday, August 24, 2025. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Wire)





A cow chases runners during the last day of running of the bulls in the village of Falces, Navarra, northern Spain, 24 August 2025. Eight runners were taken care of by paramedics during the bull runs. The traditional running of the bulls is held at “Pilon de Falces”, an 800 meter downhill mountain trail with a rock wall on one side of the path and a cliff on the other. (Photo by Jesus Diges/EPA)





Harvest mice about to be released in Tiverton, Devon, England in the last decade of August 2025. Two schoolchildren have embarked on a project to release 250 of the animals after becoming devoted to the mice. (Photo by Karen Robinson/The Guardian)





This picture taken on July 30, 2025 shows several yellow-crested cockatoos resting atop a light pole in the Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood in Hong Kong. Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree. Nestled among its sprawling boughs is a nest box designed for the yellow-crested cockatoo, of which only 1,200 to 2,000 remain in the world. (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 to mark the anniversary of the installation of the sacred book at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A dog wades through a flooded lane at the Manikarnika Ghat, after the water level of the river Ganges rose following upstream impact in Varanasi, India on August 28, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/AFP Photo)





Female giant panda twins Leni and Lotti and their mother Meng Meng gather next to a cutout of the number one, on the day Leni and Lotti turn one year old, at Zoo Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Liesa Johannssen/Reuters)





A stray dog receives care at the Sarvoham Animal Foundation, a care center for stray dogs and street animals in Bangalore, India, 26 August 2025. India's Supreme Court ruled that stray dogs should be released after being vaccinated and sterilized, except in the cases of agression and rabies. The feeding of stray dogs in public spaces is banned and ordered dedicated areas are to be set up for this purpose. International Dog Day is observed on 26 August worldwide to raise public awareness about all dogs needs and rights. (Photo by Jagadeesh N.V./EPA)





A bird search for discarded fish reamins at the Ver-o-Peso fish market in Belem, Para State, Brazil on August 26, 2025. Brazil will host the UN climate conference COP30 from November 10 to 21 in the Amazonian city of Belem. (Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)





The geese in March, Cambs, UK on August 25, 2025. The family of around 20 white waterfowl have been a fixture in March, Cambs, for years and have made their mark by regularly waddling to the high street. (Photo by South West News Service)





A woman pulls her horse to safety. A cloud of smoke crises above Oosteinderweg in Aalsmeer, Netherlands on August 24, 2025, where a large fire is raging. The fire broke out in a caravan storage facility. Although Oosteinderweg is near Schiphol Airport, the fire is not yet affecting air traffic. (Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A mountain and moorland pony waits to be led into the arena during the Kilnsey Show on August 26, 2025 in Skipton, United Kingdom. As the Yorkshire Dales' premier agricultural show, Kilnsey Show has been marking the end of summer in the Dales since 1897. Set in the picturesque village of Kilnsey under the shadow of the spectacular Kilnsey Crag, the diverse selection of trade stands, demonstrations and amusements on the field showcases country life, farming, and traditions and events include sheep, cattle, horse, dry-stone walling, vintage tractors, horse and harness racing, and the famous fell race. Each year, the show, organised by the Upper Wharfedale Agricultural Society, draws crowds of up to 15,000. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)





Kyrgyz berkutchi (eagle hunters) carry their golden eagles during the hunting festival “Salburun”, in the village of Bokonbayev, near Lake Issyk-Kul, on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)





A Kyrgyz “berkutchi” (an eagle hunter) holds his golden eagle, during the hunting festival “Salburun”, in the village of Bokonbayev, near Lake Issyk-Kul, on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)





Kyrgyz amazons ride horses during the hunting festival “Salburun”, in the village of Bokonbayev, near Lake Issyk-Kul, on August 2, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP)





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)