Tianjin, China: Fish fight for food in a pond outside the Tianjin Olympic stadiumPhotograph: Nic Bothma/EPASichuan, China: A panda rests after a meal at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda BreedingPhotograph: Michael Reynolds/EPANakuru, Kenya: A group of baboons make their way up a road winding through a forest inside the national park in western KenyaPhotograph: Francois Ausseill/Getty
Budapest, Hungary: A hare swims in the floodwater of River Hernad Photograph: Janos Vajda/EPAAmsterdam, Netherlands: A newborn Emperor tamarin sleeps on the back of his mother in Artis Zoo. This week, new figures showed that nearly half of all primate species are now threatened with extinctionPhotograph: Marcel Antonisse/GettySundarban, India: A non-poisonous unidentified species of white snake. The 20-inch-long white snake was found in a mangrove forest in Sundarban area by a local scientific organisation that claims the snake is a very rare species in IndiaPhotograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPASai Yok, Thailand: Tigers play in their pool in tiger temple. Abbot Chan created a wildlife sanctuary at Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno monasteryPhotograph: Olivier Matthys/EPASchwenningen, Germany: People walk through a sunflower fieldPhotograph: Patrick Seeger/EPALeipzig, Germany: A young baboon tries to climb a bamboo pole as he is watched by his familyPhotograph: Waltraud Grubitzsch/EPAAsia Island, Peru: Hundreds of "Guanay" birds rest on island. The Guanay cormorant or Guanay shag, Phalacrocorax bougainvillii, is a member of the cormorant family found in South America, living on the Pacific coast of Peru and northern ChilePhotograph: Martin Mejia/APCesky Krumlov, Czech Republic: Ducklings wait for their mother under a weir of the Vltava riverPhotograph: Petr Josek/ReutersArles, France: Volunteer workers at the Biology Station of Tour du Valat herd pink flamingo chicks into an enclosure before tagging themPhotograph: Patrick Valasseris/GettyBudapest, Hungary: A couple of great white pelicans are seen at the Hortobagy National ParkPhotograph: Tibor Olah/EPAKatzhuette, Germany: A tame red deer, though still living in the wild, lies on the lawn in front of the house of Renate MacholdPhotograph: Stefan Thomas/EPA
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