An internally displaced girl stands on an abandoned railway tracks beside a makeshift refugee camp in Sinjar town, in Idlib province, Syria November 20, 2015. (Photo by Ammar Abdullah/Reuters)
German photographer Tanja Brandt has created a series which captures the absolutely heart-breaking friendship between Ingo, her two-year-old German Shepherd, and a tiny owl called Napoleon. "Ingo is not always the calmest dog, however when he is around the birds, and particularly Napoleon, he is very soft and gentle", said the photographer. "He seems very at peace with them".
Paddington the Shar Pei dog and his best friend cat named Butler are perhaps the cutest pair you've ever seen. The two of them live with their owner Annie Jacob and three other cats in Tasmania on the south coast of Australia and are pretty much inseparable.
A man smiles as he carries firewood he bought on a street amid ongoing fuel and cooking gas shortages in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 2, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
German KUKA Robotics' robot LBR iiwa demonstrates a flower arrangement at the International Robot exhibition in Tokyo, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. (Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Photo)
Mariachi musicians prepare to perform to celebrate the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in San Salvador, El Salvador December 11, 2015. (Photo by Jose Cabezas/Reuters)
Giant panda Meng Meng plays on a tree at a Siberian tiger-breeding base in Changchun, China on December 10, 2015. (Photo by Xu Chang/Xinhua Press/Corbis)
A tribesman loyal to the Houthi movement carries his rifle as he leaves a gathering held to show support for the group, in Yemen's capital Sanaa December 15, 2015. (Photo by Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)