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Published July 9, 2014, 6:30 p.m. ET

PIC BY SOREN LUNDGREN NEILSON / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: The tiger swimming in the algae) - These stunning pictures show a normally vicious tiger calmly swimming in a pool of algae. The powerful cat takes a refreshing break by taking a dip in the bright green algae. But it looks like this big cat is scared of getting his head wet as he strains to keep it above the water. After splashing around for a bit the tiger gets out and tries to air-dry with specks of the vegetation dripping off his fur. The striking pictures were taken at Copenhagen zoo by snapper Soren Lundgren Neilson. SEE CATERS COPY.

A tiger takes a dip in an algae-filled pond in a Copehagen, Denmark zoo. AP

Waves brought about by Typhoon Neoguri hits a lighthouse in Seogwipo on Jeju Island July 9, 2014. Jeju Regional Meteorological Administration renewed its alert level from typhoon watches to typhoon warnings for east and west coast of Jeju Island on Wednesday, according to local media. Typhoon Neoguri weakened from its original status as a super typhoon but remained intense, with gusts of more than 250 km per hour (155 mph). It was powering through the Okinawa island chain where emergency rain and high-seas warnings were in effect. REUTERS/Ko Sung-sik/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

Waves from Typhoon Neoguri hit a lighthouse in Seogwipo, South Korea. Reuters

ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 0530 GMT ON JULY 9, 2014 MDB02 A man stands in front of the skyline after a rainy day in Toronto. REUTERS/Mark Blinch REUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO FIND THE BEST PHOTOS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES AND TOP STANDALONES EACH DAY. Search for "TPX" in the IPTC Supplemental Category field or "IMAGES OF THE DAY" in the Caption field and you will find a selection of 80-100 of our daily Top Pictures. REUTERS NEWS PICTURES. TEMPLATE OUT

The Toronto skyline shines after a rainy day. Reuters

A man works on one of the four iconic smokestacks of the former Battersea Power Station in London July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION ENERGY SOCIETY)

A man works a smokestack in the former Battersea Power Station in London. Reuters

A dog is seen outside buildings damaged by a recent shelling in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenovka July 9, 2014. Ukraine said on Wednesday it was confident of receiving further aid under a $17 billion IMF bailout but appealed to Western institutions and donors for further cash and credit to rebuild the east, shattered by separatist conflict. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANIMALS CONFLICT)

A dog walks outside buildings damaged by gunfire in Semenovka, Ukraine. Reuters

A boy looks at a honeybee colony at the bee care exhibit in Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, New York July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

A boy looks at a honeybee colony at in Grand Central Terminal. Reuters

A Bosnian woman mourns near a coffin of her relative, one of the 173 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica, July 9, 2014. Family members, foreign dignitaries and guests are expected to attend a ceremony in Srebrenica on July 11, marking the 19th anniversary of the massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The remains of 173 identified victims will be buried at a memorial cemetery during the ceremony. Their bodies were found in some 60 mass graves around the town. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT OBITUARY ANNIVERSARY)

A woman mourns a relative killed in the Srebrenica massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy in Chessman Park in Denver July 9, 2014. Obama will travel to Texas today and will meet Governor Rick Perry to discuss a surge of Latin American young people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border that has put the two leaders at odds with each other. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy in Denver, Colo. Reuters

A Benghazi TV (BTV) employee inspects damage in the television station's studios after an artillery shell landed on its roof, in Benghazi July 9, 2014. The station said there were no casualties, and it was unknown who was responsible. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MEDIA)

A Benghazi TV employee inspects her studio for damage after shots hit the building in Benghazi, Libya. Reuters

"Britain's favourite mammal" the cute yet prickly hedgehog, has received a Royal invitation as part of the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The show will feature the world's first "Hedgehog Street Garden". Designed by Tracy Foster for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) in collaboration with the People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), the plot will demonstrate how the public can create a safe environment for hedgehogs in their own back yards. The hedgehog was voted the "UK's favourite mammal" and declared "Britain's National Species" in a BBC Wildlife Magazine poll last year - but sadly the humble critter is now a rare sight in many gardens. Sixty years ago Britain was home to 30 million hedgehogs but it is now estimated that the population has declined to less than one million - according to a report published by the PTES in 2011. "We hope that visitors will enjoy the garden and that everyone will see that they too can help hedgehogs in their neighbourhoods,"said Jill Nelson, CEO of PTES. Pictured: Juvenile hedgehog in garden. CREDIT: Lyndsey Smith/Splash Ref: SPL798481 090714 Picture by: BHPS/Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com

Hedgehogs nab a spot in the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in Surrey, UK. Splash

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - JULY 09: An Indonesian woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the Indonesia presidential election on July 9, 2014 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Election day in Indonesia sees locals take to the polls to choose between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto as their next president. Recent polls have indicated a tightly fought contest, with allegations of corruption marring the process. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

An Indonesian woman casts her presidential election ballot in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Getty

BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 09: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (R) as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) looks at during the opening ceremony of the 6th China-U.S. Security and Economic Dialogue and 5th round of China-U.S. High Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange at Diaoyutai State Guest House on July 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang as John Kerry looks on in Beijing. Getty

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 09: Members of CODEPINK and the group Egyptian Americans for Democracy and Human Rights protest in front of the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, July 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. The protest was held to mark the one year anniversary of the military coup in Egypt led by now President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and to call for a cut off in U.S. funds to the military. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Protesters in Washington mark the anniversary of Egypt’s military coup. Getty

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 09: Shialia Diallo, 5, attends a naturalization ceremony where her father Alhassane Diallo from Guinea became an American citizen on July 9, 2014 in New York City. Seventy-five people became American citizens at a event held by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), convention in midtown Manhattan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Shialia Diallo, 5, attends a naturalization ceremony for her father in New York City. Getty

Israeli soldiers work on their tanks at a staging area near the Israel-Gaza Border, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Israeli army on Wednesday intensified its offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, striking Hamas sites and killing several people on the second day of a military operation it says is aimed at quenching rocket fire against Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli soldiers work on tanks near the Israel-Gaza Border. AP

An explosion is seen after a strike in the Gaza Strip July 9, 2014. Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel's heartland in intensifying warfare that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 44 people in the Hamas-dominated enclave. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST)

A cloud of smoke erupts after a strike in the Gaza Strip. Reuters

A downed tree lies atop a crushed car Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Philadelphia. About 228,000 homes and businesses across Pennsylvania remain without power after severe thunderstorms raced across the state. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A car is crushed by a tree following severe thunderstorms in Philadelphia. AP

Sunrise silhouettes the U.S. flags surrounding the Washington Monument in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, on a cloudy morning in the nation's capital. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Flags are silhouetted at the Washington Monument. AP

The only female giant panda in the UK has conceived at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. Due to the notorious difficulty of breeding the endangered "gentle giants" Tian Tian, 10, was artificially inseminated using the sperm from Britain's only male panda - Yang Guang. While zoo staff celebrates the rare conception it is not yet known if Tian Tian will actually become pregnant because, with pandas, the embryo cannot be implanted immediately. If all goes to plan one or two blind, hairless and helpless cubs will be born as early as next month. Ian Valentine, director of giant pandas for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland said: "Tian Tian is in great health, very relaxed, at a good weight and she's eating well as keepers and scientists continue to monitor her." Tian Tian Yang Guan, 10, are the first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. Pictured: Tian Tian, Britian's only female giant panda, relaxes at Edinburg Zoo in Scotland. Ref: SPL798439 090714 Picture by: Edinburgh Zoo/Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com

Tian Tian, the only female giant panda in the UK, has conceived at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. Splash

Cows, draped in the colours of the Tour de France cycling leaders jerseys, graze in a field near rolls of hay with the portraits of former champions along the route of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Ypres in Belgium to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut in France, July 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT CYCLING ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Cows salute the Tour de France in Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, France. Reuters

The day in photos

The day in photos