Owners raise their pets for a blessing from the Roman Catholic church to celebrate World Animal Day in Manila on October 5, 2014. The day began in Florence, Italy, in 1931 at a convention of ecologists, whose intention was to highlight the plight of endangered species and October 4 was chosen as the date because it is the feast day of nature lover Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. (Photo by Jay Directo/AFP Photo)
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