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A bald eagle flies over the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
Marco, a 6-year-old bulldog, poses for a picture with Santa Claus during the Santa Paws pet photo charity event in Washington.
Horses run over snow-covered grazing land in Kaltenbach in western Germany.
Nandong, a 25-year old elephant mother, watches closely as her 2-week old male baby elephant explores at the Singapore Zoo. The baby is the first baby to be born at the zoo after nine years.
A duck swims in a pond as small waves create a repeating pattern in Roseburg, Ore.
An aquarium trainer in a Santa Claus costume is pushed out of the water by bottlenose dolphins during a show at the Aqua Stadium aquarium at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.
Ahmed Rahme, 11, helps his injured pelican into the water, at the port in the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon. Ahmed, who makes a living by cleaning fish at the port, has taken care of the pelican since the bird was shot in the wing two years ago
Marco, a 6-year-old bulldog, poses for a picture with Santa Claus during the Santa Paws pet photo charity event in Washington.
Horses run over snow-covered grazing land in Kaltenbach in western Germany.
Nandong, a 25-year old elephant mother, watches closely as her 2-week old male baby elephant explores at the Singapore Zoo. The baby is the first baby to be born at the zoo after nine years.
A duck swims in a pond as small waves create a repeating pattern in Roseburg, Ore.
An aquarium trainer in a Santa Claus costume is pushed out of the water by bottlenose dolphins during a show at the Aqua Stadium aquarium at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.
Ahmed Rahme, 11, helps his injured pelican into the water, at the port in the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon. Ahmed, who makes a living by cleaning fish at the port, has taken care of the pelican since the bird was shot in the wing two years ago
