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Weekly animals gallery

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A terrified wild leopard clings to a net after falling into a water tank at a tea estate in Haskhowa. The Sukna Forest rescue team from the Mahananda Wildlife sanctuary lowered a ladder some net into the tank to get him out.

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Seagulls fly among the gannets that nest on Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth in Dunbar, Scotland. Every January, Atlantic gannets start returning to Bass Rock, with 150,000 or more making it the largest single rock gannet colony.

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Farmers herd a flock of about 5,000 ducks to a local pond alongside regular traffic on a street in Taizhou, China.

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A wild Pacific tree frog clings to the stem of a rose bush growing near a farmhouse near Roseburg, Ore. The Pacific tree frog can be found on the west coast of North America from northern California to British Columbia.

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Icky, a two-year-old Chinese Crested contestant from Davis, California, waits during a news conference for the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the San Francisco SPCA.

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A black bear nibbles on dandelions near Peterson Creek in Juneau, Alaska.

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Two Sumatran tigers hang in the shade at their enclosure at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany.

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An Indian garden lizard hangs from a pole at the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata, India.

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A trio of wolves stand in a pen at Kolmarden Wildlife Park in Norrkoping.

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Weaver birds flutter around their nests hanging from a tree in Kathmandu. Weavers, small passerine birds related to finches, are one of some 868 species of birds found in Nepal.

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A False Tomato Frog (Dyscophus guineti) swims in the water of an aquarium at the Zurich Zoo, Switzerland.

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Two young grizzly bears play-fight on the banks of the Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. A Bear cub lands a slap in the face of his sibling as the two frolic on a river bank.

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Bernhard, a kangaroo, sits in a garden in Lauenhagen, Germany. Police, who didn't manage to catch the escaped animal, is asking for the help of Lauenhagen citizens to spot him.

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An egret flies toward a tree top with twigs for its nest on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India.

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A Korean paradise flycatcher is pictured in South Korea's eastern port city of Gangneung. In Korea, the migrant bird typically inhabits the country's southern parts in the summer, but has been found in the north in recent years apparently due to global warming.

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A female elephant born May 29, stands near her mother at the Pont-Scorff zoo, France.

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Two little night herons are seen on a tree in Tangshan, China.

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A Crimson-rumped Toucanet is seen at the private reserve of Paz de las Aves, Ecuador.