Pictures of the year: Animals

Ole, a young orangutan, plays in his enclosure at the zoo on a rainy day in Kaliningrad, Russia, September 17,more

A tiger rescued from a circus by Animal Defenders International in Guatemala arrives at its new home near Winbmore

Starlings are seen in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya, August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

An orphaned kangaroo joey, rescued during the bushfire season, stands inside the living room of Gary Wilson anmore

Antelopes graze under a bridge of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line, inside the Nairobi National Park in Nmore

A tiny 'fingertip-sized' pygmy chameleon is seen at Chester Zoo, Chester, Britain, January 29, 2020. Chester Zmore

A coyote stands by the roadside at Golden Gate Bridge View Vista Point across from San Francisco, California, more

A dog wearing traditional festival costume and pair of glasses is seen during Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo's bimore

A flamboyance of flamingos crowds together in Lake Bogoria, in Baringo County, Kenya, August 26, 2020. REUTERSmore

A male deer barks in front of autumn foliage during the annual rutting or breeding season, Richmond Park, Londmore

A brushtail possum with a burnt paw is nursed by WIRES volunteers in Merimbula, Australia, January 9, 2020. REmore

Cranes gather during the migration season on a foggy morning at Hula Nature Reserve in northern Israel, Novembmore

An anteater rests in a bathroom sink while receiving treatment at the home of Marcelo Andreani, a veterinarianmore

A red fox stands at an empty parking lot in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, amid closed beaches and empmore

Dalmatians compete in the ring on the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain, March 5, 2020. more

A three-toed sloth hangs from a tree on the outskirts of Melgaco Bay, southwest of Marajo island, in Para statmore

A red-tailed black bumblebee collects nectar from lavender blossoms at Hitchin Lavender farm in Ickleford, Brimore

Rhinoceroses stand at the Lewa Savanne area at Zoo Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland, June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wmore

A hummingbird flies towards a flower in the garden at the faculty of Higher Studies Iztacala on the outskirts more

Sheep, used to maintain the grass after staff were furloughed following the outbreak of the coronavirus, grazemore

An adult male jaguar named Ousado rests during treatment for burn injuries on his paws after a wildfire in Panmore

Elephants cross lake Kioko in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Chickens are seen in a classroom converted into a poultry house because of COVID-19 in the town of Wang'uru, Kmore

An Indian gharial crocodile eats a fish in a pool at closed Prague Zoo amid coronavirus restrictions in Praguemore

An all-female group of canine rescuers from the Italian School of Rescue Dogs (La Scuola Italiana Cani Salvatamore

A murmuration of migrating starlings flies in a group over a field near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, January 6more

A jellyfish swims in a giant spherical tank at the World of Jellyfish aquarium in Prague, Czech Republic, Febrmore

A male 12-day-old sea lion cub is seen with its mother Peaches in their enclosure at Schoenbrunner Tiergarten more

A coach uses a stick to provoke a lioness previously owned by Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, at the more

Belarusian ornithologist Vladimir Ivanovski, 73, climbs a tree with a nest of osprey chicks during the monitormore

A colony of chinstrap penguins walk along a mountain on Two Hummock Island, Antarctica, February 1, 2020. REUTmore

A dog peeks out from a sundries store in Tondo, Manila, Philippines, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

A 5-day-old baby male Western lowland gorilla is held by his mother Buu at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola, smore

A conservationist holds the head of a griffon vulture after it was temporarily captured as part of a national more

Birds feed on a rice field on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin

Horses are seen on Withers Ranch as smoke rises from the Brattain Fire burning in the Fremont National Forest more

A customer plays with cats at the Caturday Cat cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittismore

Dogs look out of their cages before the Sedivackuv Long dog sled race in Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Repumore

Brahman cattle are seen on a ranch owned by J.D. Hudgins Inc. in Hungerford, Texas, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Admore

A crow attacks a bat in central Kyiv, Ukraine, September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Deer graze in the early morning light at Richmond Park in London, Britain, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melvmore

Recently born Madagascan ring-tailed lemur twins are pictured at Chester Zoo in Chester, Britain, March 18, 20more

An endangered African crowned crane chick is fed by its mother at Folly Farm, Begelly, Wales, Britain, Septembmore

A fox carries a squirrel in its mouth during coronavirus restrictions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 202more

A crow is seen near models during the reopening of 'mini-Europe' theme park where people can wonder across smamore

A baby pygmy hippo born in captivity swims while it is displayed for the first time to the public at the Buin more

Pelicans are seen in St James' Park in London, Britain, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

A boy interacts with his horse before competing in a local show jumping that resumed after Palestinians eased more

Penguins Momo and Omochi are seen at the Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan, April 30, 2020.REUTERS/Issei Katmore

A Caretta caretta turtle, which was rescued from a fishing line in April and recovered in a conservation centemore