Pictures of the year: Animals

An Indian rhino is pictured during the second heatwave of the year at the Zoo Aquarium in Madrid, Spain, July more

A shark cruises over the ocean bottom during a scuba trip with dive company Emerald Charters off Jupiter Inletmore

A flock of starlings fills the sky in the village of Val-de-Vesle near Reims, France, November 2. REUTERS/Pascmore

Horses are pictured during the championship of Kokpar, a traditional game between two teams of horsemen competmore

A squadron of migrating Great White Pelicans are fed on their journey south, as part of Israel Nature and Parkmore

People take photographs as they watch a flock during the annual sheep parade, during which shepherds exercise more

A yellow-billed oxpecker stands on a giraffe in the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, September 3.  REUTERS/Bazmore

A biologist poses with newly-hatched Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) as they are relocated at a hatchemore

A spider crab is seen near Porthgwidden beach in St Ives, Cornwall, Britain, August 7. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

A peacock spreads his feathers on the farm of the Palestinian Ghazi Fari, in Araba in the Israeli-occupied Wesmore

Two Red-eyed Tree frogs (Agalychnis callidryas) mate at “Exotic Fauna" breeding zoo, where exotic animals are more

An elephant calf is seen inside a manhole after a baby and mother elephant fell into a manhole in Khao Yai Natmore

A 19-year-old partially blind tiger named Rambo looks on from inside a cage on a truck, after being rescued bymore

Fireflies light up in a forest at a military barrack in Prachin Buri province, Thailand, June 4. REUTERS/Athitmore

A peregrine falcon calls out as it perches on a branch above the Palisades Cliffs in Alpine, New Jersey, May 2more

A lamb looks around a bush on Easter Bank Holiday Monday in St Austell Bay, Cornwall, Britain, April 18. REUTEmore

A television presenter poses next to Larry the Cat outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, April 12. REUmore

An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), or Mexican salamander, floats in a tank, as part of a conservation project tmore

A shepherd walks with camels at a farm in the village of Yaman in Omsk Region, Russia February 11.  REUTERS/Almore

Christian Ndombe, a park ranger, holds one of the eight weeks turtles at a hatching centre in Muanda, Democratmore

Whitetail deer are pictured at sunset in Buffalo, New York, February 13. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Flamingo chicks are seen in a corral before being fitted with identity rings by volunteers at a lagoon in the more

A jaguar cub is seen between the legs of a zookeeper at the zoo in Havana, Cuba, July 29. REUTERS/Alexandre Memore

Parakeets take food from a person in St James's Park, as the British Meteorological Office provisionally recormore

A fox stands on a snow hill as extreme cold weather hits Montreal, Canada January 21. REUTERS/Bernard Brault

Dogs pose for a photo at Happy Bark Day, a dog cafe in Dubai, United Arab Emirates April 24. REUTERS/Rula Rouhmore

Raccoon Fritzi plays with water at the home of veterinarian Mathilde Laininger in Berlin, Germany, January 27.more

A macaw is seen in Caracas, Venezuela November 8. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa

Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise named after the Roman god with two heads, is washed with a toothbrush one dmore

Baby Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), that were rescued from predators by the local conservation comore

A bald eagle soars over a snow covered street following a snowstorm, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada January 17. more

A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, Bmore

A murmuration of migrating starlings is seen across the sky near the city of Beer Sheva, southern Israel, Janumore

Shetland pony Pumuckel looks out of a car window at a farm in Breckerfeld, Germany, November 2. Due to a congemore

A coyote stands beneath changing fall foliage in a stand of woods in Nyack, New York, October 11. REUTERS/Mikemore

A deer stag barks in the early morning during the annual rutting season in Richmond Park, London, Britain, Octmore

Horses seek shelter as Fairview Fire burns near Hemet, California, September 5.  REUTERS/David Swanson

A dragonfly rests on a bamboo at Brand Park in Glendale, California, May 24. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

A stork stands on a lamp post as a moon rises on Egnatia motorway near Xanthi, Greece August 9. REUTERS/Yiannimore

A horse grazes during the El-Oyin national games in Oybok tract in the Altai Republic, Russia July 8. REUTERS/more

A gosling reacts as a pigeon lands in St James's Park in London, Britain April 1. REUTERS/John Sibley

A white-handed gibbon infant born at the Skopje Zoo is seen with his mother in Skopje, North Macedonia April 7more

A seagull flies as waves break during Storm Diego in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, April 7. REUTERS/Stephane Mamore

A gosling eats a worm in St James's Park in London, Britain April 1. REUTERS/John Sibley

New born crabs run on a beach, during low tide, at the edge of the Casamance River, on Kafar island, Senegal Jmore

Lois, held by owners Jamie Paulson and Kim Bertens, wears a crown while taking part in a Corgi parade as part more

A Eurasian eagle-owl who was born at the Zoo Aquarium in Madrid last February flies upon being released into tmore

A fox stands next to a highway in Niagara Falls, New York, February 13. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Ring-tailed lemurs eat a pumpkin ahead of Halloween, at Pairi Daiza zoo in Brugelette, Belgium, October 28. REmore