A person carries a dog in foam at the end of the finish line after the Santa Run 10-kilometer race in Caracas, Venezuela on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)





A boy herds his alpaca on Isla del Sol, in the municipality of Copacabana, Bolivia, 16 December 2023. Isla del Sol is located in Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, 3,800 meters above sea level. It is an internationally recognized tourist destination, in addition to being a spiritual site for the Aymara ethnic group. (Photo by Esteban Biba/EPA)





Tas Clarke with Sam, a hedgehog who was found wandering the streets of Eastbourne, East Sussex in December 2023. Clarke and her Help4Hedgehogs rescue centre in Herstmonceux nursed Sam back to health over six weeks. (Photo by JSC/The Times)





A man dressed as Santa Claus rides a boat with his dog in front of the Sydney Opera House, as part of Christmas Day celebrations for the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on December 25, 2023. (Photo by David Gray/AFP Photo)





People stand next to a dead fin whale which had beached itself at Minnie Water Beach, located 600 kilometres north of Sydney, on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Palani Mohan/AFP Photo)





Oscar Ruiz carries Sacha, a dog who traveled with his family from Venezuela, while crossing the Rio Bravo into Mexico to deliver her to a local family for care, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims with a shoal of fish to welcome the upcoming Christmas at the Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A dog sits outside a polling station as people wait in a queue to vote during the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)





Three adult loggerhead turtles (Caretta Caretta) return to sea after their treatments by the Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER) at Guzelcamli Beach in Kusadasi district of Aydin, Turkiye on December 15, 2023. (Photo by Ferdi Uzun/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A clown takes part in the annual pilgrimage to the Guadalupe Basilica to ask for work and health, in Mexico City on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella/AFP Photo)





Dachshunds at the annual Hyde Park Sausage Walk, in Hyde Park, London on Sunday, December 17, 2023, as dachshunds and their owners meet up to celebrate the Christmas season, with many of the sausage dogs in fancy dress. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)





People caress a horse during the traditional “El Tope” end-of-year parade in San Jose on December 26, 2023. Cowboy hats and boots, in the purest “wild west” style, flooded the streets of downtown San José to proudly display the horse culture in Costa Rica. (Photo by Ezequiel Becerra/AFP Photo)





A sloth named Buba, whose paws were burned by an electrical discharge while climbing on high voltage wires, is soothed as she undergoes surgery at the Instituto Vida Livre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. The non-profit group which cares for and rehabilitates injured wild animals found around Rio, says that in the past year they have treated more than 40 animals that have been injured while climbing on power grid cables. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)





Sophie Laverty Co Founder of Hamster Info Ireland with Sabrina a Winter White Hybrid Hamster at her sanctuary in Athy Co Kildare on Sunday, November 19, 2023. Irish charity dedicated to hamsters is encouraging prospective owners to ditch traditional advice on looking after their furry friends. Hamster Info Ireland advocates an “ethical care” approach for the popular pet. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)





Handout picture released on December 20, 2023, by the Peruvian National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) showing turtles seized at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. Peruvian authorities have seized some 4,000 turtles that originated in the Amazon at the country's main international airport, the national wildlife service said Thursday. The National Forestry and Wildlife Service said in a statement it has intercepted “a shipment of live turtles at the Jorge Chavez airport that were going to be exported to Indonesia”. (Photo by Handout/SERFOR via AFP Photo)





An orangutan drinks from a cup during the Animals' Christmas event at the Budapest Zoo, in Budapest, Hungary, 23 December 2023. (Photo by Peter Lakatos/EPA)





A woman feeds a squirrel in a park in the Lower Manhattan borough of New York City on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





Sea lions congregate in front of a police car, obstructing the path of riot police during clashes with fishermen, in Valparaiso, Chile on December 28, 2023. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





Participants perform a yoga exercise as Golden Retriever puppies play around them during a yoga class at a studio in Paris, France on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)





A group of geese used to help vigilance patrols around the Penitentiary Complex honk near Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil on December 15, 2023. (Photo by Anderson Coelho/Reuters)