A man sits near fire to keep warm on a cold morning in Jammu, India, Friday, November 29, 2024. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A dog stands on a roof of a flooded house at Hat Yai district, Songkhla province, Thailand on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Roylee Suriyaworakul/Reuters)





Gabriel Escarcega and his horse “El Sapo” work to return the cattle to their place of origin, after the United States halted imports of Mexican cattle due to the detection of a New World screwworm case, at the facilities of the Regional Livestock Union of Chihuahua at the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





Briceno Medina bathes next to horses drinking water on the banks of the Parana River, in Villa Gobernador Galvez, Argentina, Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)





Isaac Young rests his cheek on the family horse Rusty's forehead during farm chores before homeschooling in Sunbury, Ohio, November 12, 2024. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)





A swan glides on the water at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Swans swim by a restaurant in a flooded area near Billing Aquadrome, in the aftermath of Storm Bert, near Northampton, Britain, on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Since October, patients undergoing palliative care at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) in Porto have received weekly visits from assisted intervention dogs, a support that users, family members and professionals guarantee helps to minimize suffering, December 2, 2024. (Photo by Estela Silva/LUSA)





Giant panda twin sisters, Leni and Lotti are presented during their name-giving ceremony in an enclosure at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Lisi Niesner/Reuters)





Two Iberian pond turtles are seen at the Animal Recovery Center El Saler in Valencia, Spain, 27 November 2024. More than 120 Iberian pond turtles have been rescued following the floods in Valencia after they were carried away by the current from their original habitat, appearing in towns like Paiporta and Catarroja where, almost a month later, neighbors continue finding them buried in the mud. Floods triggered by the DANA (high-altitude isolated depression) weather phenomenon hit the east of the country on 29 October 2024, devastating Valencia and neighboring provinces and leaving at least 229 people dead. (Photo by José Manuel Vidal/EPA/EFE)





A mother and baby Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) moves through a suburban neighbourhood of Da Game Park near Simon's Town outside of Cape Town on October 31, 2024. About 500 chacma baboons – among the largest monkey species and weighing up to 40 kg (88 pounds) – roam the peninsula south of Cape Town, says the South African National Biodiversity Institute. And as human development pushes up the mountain into their natural habitat, the animals are increasingly entering plush properties to forage in gardens and take the pickings from the bins. (Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP Photo)





A view macaques, which have become the center of attention of tourists, are also believed to bring luck and live around Phra Prang Sam Yot Temple, which was built in the early 13th century during the Angkor period of the Khmer Empire, in Lopburi, Thailand on November 17, 2024. (Photo by Omer Taha Cetin/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) leaves with a seed in its beak at the feeding ground called “Smurfs' Village” for birds and squirrels built by Hungarian artist Tamas Kanya in Budakalasz, Hungary on November 23, 2024. Kanya uses organic materials only, like agaric, bark, honey-locust, willow twigs, horse chestnuts, duck stones, small pebbles, shells, and lots of driftwood. His previous creation was completely destroyed by the flood in autumn, so he had to start designing the feeding ground from scratch again. The feeding ground covers about 15 meters squared of forest area. It was completed within two weeks, but the artist is still working on the final form. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek/AFP Photo)





International scientists, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, December 2, 2024. (Photo by Derek Morrison/AP Photo)





Flop the Humboldt penguin in the baby bouncer on November 28, 2024. A baby penguin which developed a limp has found her waddle again after zookeepers nursed her back to health – using a homemade baby bouncer. Flop the Humboldt penguin was born at Dudley Zoo back in April but her mother passed away shortly after and her dad started to leave the nest for long periods. Zookeepers were forced to step in to hand rear the chick and moved her to a juvenile isolation area but noticed she then began developing a limp. Vets gave her anti-inflammatories and pain relief but less than 24 hours later the animal could no longer support her own weight. Blood tests revealed a reaction to an infection and she was given further medication. Flop started to lose her appetite and became withdrawn, sparking concern among staff that she may not survive. But keepers came with the ingenious idea of a baby bouncer to help keep her upright and also made a tailor-made treadmill by adapting a baby walker for her. (Photo by South West News Service)





A white stork with a 3D-printed beak prosthesis is at the Sofia Zoo in Sofia, Bulgaria, on November 20, 2024. The stork is injured in an accident, and veterinarians from NGO “Green Balkans” place the prosthesis so that the stork can eat normally. (Photo by Hristo Vladev/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A monkey drinks water from a plastic bottle stolen from a tourist during the annual Monkey Banquet held inside an enclosure at Lopburi Zoo in Lopburi, Thailand, on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Let's Adopt Indonesia volunteer Regina Sari releases a stray cat that has been spayed during a “Trap, Neuter and Return” project aimed at reducing stray cat population, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





A person feeds seagulls in Niigata, Niigata prefecture, Japan, Saturday, November 23, 2024. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)





Pigeons take flight as a man walks along the shore in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)