A security officer holds her sniffer dog, as a cleaner walks past prior to the opening of the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in a Parking Gallery at Zaryadye Park near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, November 29, 2023. An international fashion forum in Moscow has brought together designers from Brazil, China, India, South Africa and other countries, an event that underlined Russia's shift away from the West amid the fighting in Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





An eight-week-old sea otter rescued from Seldovia, Alaska, peaks out of his enclosure at Shedd Aquarium Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in Chicago. The otter was found alone and malnourished and was taken to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, which contacted Shedd, and the Chicago aquarium was able to take the otter in. He will remain quarantined for a few months while he learns to groom and eat solid foods before being introduced to Shedd's five other sea otters. (Photo by Erin Hooley/AP Photo)





A participant holds four truffles unearthed by his dog during a truffle hunting contest as part of the Truffle International Fair (FITRUF) held in Sarrion, in the Spanish eastern province of Teruel, on December 10, 2023. The once-abandoned hills near the village of Sarrion in Spain's remote and sparsely populated eastern Teruel province are now home to rows of oak trees. Here, large quantities of black truffles “considered one of the most exclusive and expensive delicacies on the planet” grow underground, nestled in their roots. The production of “tuber melanosporum”, the scientific name for black truffles, has soared in recent years in Spain, which is now the world's leading producer of these “black diamonds” that can fetch up to 1,500 euros ($1,600) per kilo. (Photo by Jose Jordan/AFP Photo)





A woman feeds pigeons and ducks on the snow-covered banks of the Neris river in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Snow continued to fall across the country, as temperatures dropped to -3 degree Celsius, 26,6 Fahrenheit. (Photo by Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo)





A dog naps during an event as fashion designers held a canine fashion show in an effort to find loving homes for the animals, in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday December 9, 2023. The dogs, all being cared for by shelters, were all available for adoption by guests of the show, while profits generated by the spectacle are donated to care for stray dogs. In addition to the act of charity, organizers aim to raise awareness about the importance of responsible dog ownership with the fashion show. (Photo by Denes Erdos/AP Photo)





A researcher holds a Coqui Guajon or Rock Frog (Eleutherodactylus cooki) at a tropical forest in Patillas, Puerto Rico on March 21, 2013. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the leading tracker of global biodiversity, released their new Red List of Threatened Species on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai. Amphibians are particularly at risk, with 41% under threat of extinction. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AP Photo)





A fox walks past a Christmas tree at 10 Downing Street following a Cabinet meeting in London, Britain, 12 December 2023. (Photo by Andy Rain/EPA/EFE)





Keepers feed the owl as they apply to beak and nail care to it at Dicle Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on November 29, 2023. Injured wild animals found in nature taken under protection at center after their treatment due to lost the ability to fly. After this care process, wild birds are able to grasp, break down and digest their food comfortably. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A view of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Giraffe Centre – locally referred to as The Giraffe Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya on December 10, 2023. Giraffe Centre directly supports the conservation of endangered Rothschild Giraffe, and a visit is a great way to meet Africa's tallest mammal up close. (Photo by Gerald Anderson/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Oceanologist Liane Dias from the Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Marine Megafauna at the Federal University of Rio Grande (ECOMEGA) photographs a dead porpoise on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, during an outbreak of Bird Flu, in Sao Jose do Norte, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Diego Vara/Reuters)





Jaxon Andrews 11, attempts to feed a white cockatoo who has suffered the effects from Cyclone Jasper in Cairns, Australia, Thursday, December 14, 2023. The first tropical cyclone to hit Australia in the current season has weakened to a low pressure system but continues to lash the northeast coast with flooding rain. More than 30,000 homes and businesses are without power. (Photo by Brian Cassey/AAPImage via AP Photo)





An adorable tiger cub born at Miami Zoo in the USA has her first examination and weigh in in the first decade of December 2023. (Photo by Animal News Agency)





A keeper at Chester zoo, UK, handles one of the rarest chicks in the world in December 2023. Two Mitchell’s lorikeets, which are on the endangered list, have hatched at the zoo as part of a breeding programme to save the species, of which only seven have been seen in the wild since 2020. DNA testing will be used to identify the birds’ sеx. (Photo by Chester Zoo/Cover Images)





Squirrel with a chocolate bar. Squirrels have been caught out stealing wafer chocolate bars and littering everywhere on a housing estate in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK on December 10, 2023. (Photo by William Lailey/South West News Service)





Keepers apply to beak and nail care to owl at Dicle Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on November 29, 2023. Injured wild animals found in nature taken under protection at center after their treatment due to lost the ability to fly. After this care process, wild birds are able to grasp, break down and digest their food comfortably. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A man washes his horse at Yoff Beach in Dakar, Senegal on December 02, 2023.Senegalese people widely use horses and horse-drawn carriages in transportation and transport, despite rapid urbanization in the country. There are over 7,000 horse carriages in the capital Dakar that it is possible to see them in every corner of the city. The horses kept in the sheds near Yoff Beach of the city, start to be washed with the first light of the morning. After being washed they generally serve as transportation for fishermen on Yoff Beach to send to fish to markets or cold storages. In addition to transporting fish, horse-drawn carriages are also used as a cheaper way of transportation. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)





People wait in the street after an earthquake in Mexico City on December 7, 2023. A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook much of central Mexico Thursday including the capital, prompting people to run out into the streets, the country's seismological institute said. (Photo by Rodrigo Arangua/AFP Photo)





A heron sits on partially submerged seats as the River Thames overtops its banks following prolonged rainfall and high tides, in west London, Britain on December 13, 2023. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





Tanaka, a feeding diver with four years of experience, wears a Santa Claus costume while practicing in preparation for a Christmas special feeding performance at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, 14 December 2023. The aquarium once prepared a different seasonal aquarium performance at the penguin tank but bird flu forced the cancellation of the performance and the return of their traditional “Santa Diver” feeding performance. The special Christmas performance will occur from 22 to 25 December 2023. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)





Ori Rosner, the head of the Israel racing pigeons club, releases 140 pigeons to represent the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza in the southern Israeli Kibbutz of Beeri along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 4, 2023. Israel has expanded its ground war on Hamas into the south of Gaza, witnesses said on December 4, despite global concern over mounting civilian deaths and fears the conflict will spread elsewhere in the Middle East. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP Photo)