Pitlochry, UK: Highland cattle stand in a snow-covered fieldPhotograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersSrinagar, India: Willow trees on a cold and foggy morningPhotograph: Dar Yasin/APRussia: A dog stands on the frozen bank of the Yenisei riverPhotograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Kuhhorst, Germany: Geese at a farmPhotograph: Hannibal Hanschke/ReutersHarbin, China: A white tiger cleans its paw at a Siberian tiger park. The park is one of the largest artificial raising and breeding bases for Siberian tigers Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPARipon, UK: Deer in the snow at Studley Royal park in North YorkshirePhotograph: Nigel Roddis/ReutersBerlin, Berlin: Knut is surrounded by snowflakes falling on his enclosure at the zoo. Just before his second birthday it was announced that Knut will have to leave the city as the zoo cannot afford the cost of a larger enclosurePhotograph: Michael Gottschalk/AFP/Getty ImagesQinling, China: Two giant panda cubs, that were born from artificial insemination at the Qinling Panda research centre, take a napPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesMinsk, Belarus: A squirrel sits on the ground in a parkPhotograph: Sergei Grits/APHanau, Germany: A little bird picks a berry from a snow covered treePhotograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersKarachi, Pakistan: Seized falcons at a governmen wildlife office. Security forces, in collaboration with wildlife authorities, recovered around 41 falcons from three people who had illegally smuggled the birds from AfghanistanPhotograph: Rehan Khan/EPAMelbourne, Australia: A keeper feeds herring to a king penguin in its new enclosure at the Melbourne AquariumPhotograph: t/ReutersGold Coast, Australia: Baby flying foxes hang from a clothes line at a temporary bat rehabilitation centrePhotograph: David Hardenberg/Getty ImagesAn invasive garden ant (Lasius neglectus), which was discovered less than 20 years ago could be on the way to wreak havoc in parks and gardens of Northern Europe including BritainPhotograph: Gert Brovad/Zoological Museum Co/PADemocratic Republic of the Congo: An infant gorilla looks for foliage to eat on a tree on the slopes of Mount Mikeno in the Virunga National ParkPhotograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty ImagesParaguay, Uruguay: A crab-eating racoon stands in the banks of the Calzada de Amador bayPhotograph: Elmer Martinez/AFP/Getty Images
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