One of the cats which were abandoned by families who fled the war in the neighbourhood of northern Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas of Kharkiv, walks in front of a damaged building, near Natalia Pasternak (not pictured), 68, who is the only person left in her building and lives in the basement, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv Ukraine on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)





Donkeys have been moved to a safe place during a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, Greece, Saturday, July 23, 2022. Locals were evacuated on Saturday as a wildfire threatened properties near a beach in the southern part of the island, which is also a popular tourist attraction. (Photo by Panagiotis Balaskas/AP Photo)





A swan reacts as Swan Uppers record details of cygnets during the annual census of the swan population along sections of the River Thames, Shepperton near Windsor, Britain on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)





Mina Zhao, 40, and Zija, 33, both members of Beijing Girls Surfskating Community, ride their skateboards during a practise session, at an industrial park in Beijing, China on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A dead humpback whale, whose cause of death is still unknown according to local media, is washed up on Sharp Park Beach in Pacifica, California, U.S., July 18, 2022. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)





A monarch butterfly sits on the pants of a tourist at El Rosario sanctuary, in El Rosario, in Michoacan state, Mexico on February 11, 2021. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Reuters)





A father says goodbye to a cat and a daughter as they boards a train to Dnipro and Lviv during an evacuation effort from war-affected areas of eastern Ukraine, amid Russia's invasion of the country, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A man and his best friends, Bray Seafront, Wicklow, Republic of Ireland on July 22, 2022. (Photo by Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times)





An Afghan drug addict gives heroin to an addicted dog on the edge of a hill in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan,Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin. The ranks of the addicted have been fueled by persistent poverty and by decades of war that left few families unscarred. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





Volunteer nest minder Peter Toner holding the four owlets after they have been ringed close to the shores of Lough Neagh in Crumlin, Co. Antrim on July 18, 2022. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)





A walrus lies on the yard of a house in Kotka, South-East Finland on Tuesday, 19th July, 2022. Walrus had traveled 150 metres to the yard on dry land from a nearby river. The walrus, which usually lives in the Arctic waters, has been spotted around the Baltic Sea this Summer. The walrus was first spotted in Finland in the town of Hamina, Eastern Finland on 14th July. (Photo by Sasu Mäkinen/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hundreds of storks surround a truck at a landfill in the outskirts of Pinto near Madrid on July 14, 2022. What was only a stopover in their migration has become their destination. More and more storks are stopping in Spain, where they find abundant food in landfills. This allows them to avoid a dangerous crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar between the southern tip of Spain and northern Africa. A mere 14 kilometres above the sea, but very demanding because of the strong winds. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP Photo)





A volunteer releases a swift suffering from the heatwave into its natural environment after it has been treated at the “L'Hirondelle” (Swallow) wildlife care center in Saint-Forgeux, on July 20, 2022. The care center, which is one of the largest in France, takes in nearly 7,000 distressed wild birds and mammals each year for treatment before they are released back into the wild. (Photo by Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP Photo)





A Sumatran slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) is undergoing health checks by the veterinarians after being brought to the Indonesian Nature Rehabilitation Initiation Foundation (YIARI) in Bogor, West Java Province, Indonesia on July 24, 2022. A total of 6 Sumatera slow loris, which are planned to be released into the wild in the Batulegi region of Lampung province, will go through the quarantine process. (Photo by Dedy Istanto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A police officer giving water to Verity (the horse) on Whitehall in central London on Monday, July 18, 2022. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)





A worker rests on a cow during the opening of the 134th annual Rural Exposition, in Buenos Aires, on July 21, 2022. The annual Rural Exposition is the most representative and traditional livestock, agriculture and industry fair in Argentina. (Photo by Luis Robayo/AFP Photo)





Patrick the beer swilling pony has been handed the Chain of Office and ceremonial robes to become Mayor of Cockington in Devon, United Kingdom. Last month a petition was launched online calling for Patrick to become Cockington;s Mayor. (Photo by Mark Passmore/Apex News)





Marina White and her dog Coco warm up before the racing, on July 23, 2022 in Bournemouth, England. The UK Dog Surfing Championships is being held for its 4th year, taking place at Branksome Dene Chine Beach with dog surfing heats and family entertainment throughout the day. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)





Wendy Adriaens, owner of animal rescue farm “De Passiehoeve” and nicknamed the Ostrich Whisperer, poses for a photo with three-year-old male ostrich Flodder, in Kalmthout, Belgium, 25 July 2022. Flodder and Wendy were separated for seven months since Wendy moved to a bigger farm in January. Flodder spent the seven months at another farm in order to ease the tension between the two ostriches Flodder and Blue who were fighting to the death and had to be separated. Wendy Adriaens has been taking in all kinds of animals that have been mistreated or neglected for some four years at her farm located in the Province of Antwerp. She lives mainly from donations from people who have known her via social networks. An entrance fee to the farm is requested if visitors want to spend some time there. This makes it possible to buy the necessary for the convalescence of the animals. (Photo by Stephanie Lecocq/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A pet pelican is sprayed with water as it stands on top of a car in traffic in Kabul on July 19, 2022. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)