A member of a rebel group that broke away from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, checks a traveller's identification in the Micay Canyon region, southwestern Colombia, Wednesday, August 14, 2024. The former FARC faction, known by its initials in Spanish FARC-EMC, controls parts of the region and guards coca leaf plantations on its mountainsides. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)





Lucy McGarry, 16, rides bareback on a horse at Smithfield horse fair, in Dublin, Ireland on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)





Residents herd a pig as they flee an encroaching forest fire threatening their homes in the Nayon neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, September 5, 2024. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





A placard is placed on a dog during a gathering to demand the release of activist Paul Watson from Greenland prison, in Paris, France, Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Watson, founder and President of the animal rights and environmental Sea Shepherd Conservation, was arrested by Greenland police, July 21, 2024, on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/AP Photo)





A participant competes in the traditional ox race in Muensing, southern Germany on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Alexandra Beier/AFP Photo)





Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) with his dog Decoy after he delivered he first pitch before the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Dodger Stadium on August 28, 2024. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports)





This photo released by the Zoo Berlin on Tuesday, August 27, shows a newborn panda at the Zoo in Berlin. (Photo by 2024 Zoo Berlin via AP Photo)





A male Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) is pictured, that appeared dead on a beach in Praia do Rosa, city of Imbituba, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, on August 26, 2024. The animal, about 13 meters wide, was pulled from the water by local government tractors and will be studied by researchers from Santa Catarina State University. (Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)





With their matching blue mohawks, Derby the goldendoodle and his owner Kentucky Gallahue take to the water to prepare for the annual dog “surf-a-thon” at Del Mar, California in 2024, which will be their last competition before retirement. (Photo by Cover Images)





A female trainer carries her falcon at the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 31 August 2024. The 21st edition of ADIHEX is running till 08 September 2024, the exhibition is featuring thousands of brands across 11 diverse sector. (Photo by Ali Haider/EPA/EFE)





A polar bear peers through the port hole of photographer Paul Williams' sleeping quarters in Svalbard, Norway in the last decade of August 2024. (Photo by Paul Williams/Animal News Agency)





Bat expert Bernd Ohlendorf examines bats at the Hermannshöhle cave in Rubeland, Germany, Tuesday, August 27, 2024, where an inventory of several hundred bats were recorded. (Photo by Matthias Bein/dpa via AP Photo)





Galapagos giant tortoise Isabela Frieda gets a refreshing shower at Michelle Reichelt's zoo in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany on August 28, 2024. Summer is back with temperatures of around 30 degrees. (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/Cover Images)





People take photos during Panda Yuanyuan's 20-years-old birthday party at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, August 30, 2024. Yuanyuan was a gift from China to mark warming ties with Taiwan in 2008. (Photo by Chiang Ying-ying/AP Photo)





Sikh devotees take part in a religious procession from the Gurudwara Ramsar to Akal Takht Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on September 4, 2024, on the occasion of the anniversary of installation of the Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





A woman trains her dog to catch a frisbee In Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Kienzle/AFP Photo)





A participant walks dachshunds during a dachshund parade festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





A man falls from his motorcycle after hitting a water buffalo on his way to work outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, September 6, 2024. Cambodian animal owners have been warned to keep their animals, which often cause traffic accidents, leashed and could face prison time if relatives of those who die or are injured in such accidents initiate legal proceedings. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)





Men bathe two horses in the Mediterranean sea waters off a beach in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata on August 27, 2024. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia/AFP Photo)





Jasper Miranda, 26, wades through floodwaters with his pet ducks that he saved from their flooded house during Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng in Apalit, Pampanga, Philippines on September 5, 2024. (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)