Grey foxes in the Sumidero Canyon nature reserve, Chiapas, southern Mexico. Slightly smaller than the red foxes common to the UK, the grey fox has shorter limbs and pupils that are oval rather than slit-shaped
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A vet bottle-feeds an orphaned brown bear cub at the Ovakorusu Celal Acar wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in Bursa, Turkey
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Dinner for two … a rose chafer beetle shares a dahlia flower with a bee on a sunny afternoon at Greys Court in Henley-on-Thames, UK
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On your marks, get set … ducks line up by the lake at the Luiz de Queiroz college of agriculture, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Volunteers pour water over a tortoise rescued from a burned forest area in Buca, İzmir, Turkey. Almost 100 volunteers gathered to search for surviving animals, treat injuries and relocate them to safe habitats after recent wildfires
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A snowy egret at Pacific Grove, California, US
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A harlequin flying frog in Kubah national park, Sarawak, Borneo. The largest of these little amphibians are only 7cm long; their webbed feet help them to move around in the forest canopy
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For the first time in 11 years, the Eurasian otter has been seen in Malaysia, here captured on a camera trap in Tangkulap forest reserve, Borneo. The species was thought to be extinct in Malaysia, and this reappearance is a hopeful sign for a healthy aquatic ecosystem in the area
Photograph: Sabah Forestry Department/Sabah Wildlife Department/Panthera

A deer and her baby ‘hide’ in a cornfield in Neu-Anspach near Frankfurt, Germany
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A family of elephants play during their daily bath in a river at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Sri Lanka
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Where the buffalo roam … a bison stops traffic in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming, US
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A female beaver and her kit at the National Trust’s Holnicote estate in Exmoor, UK. Five years ago the Trust began releasing beavers into two enclosures on the estate and working to restore the River Aller to how it would have been before human interference, with multiple channels and pools. There are more than a dozen beavers there now
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A wagtail catches up with the day’s tennis action on the court at the Wimbledon Championships, London, UK
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A female Sri Lankan sloth bear wanders through Yala national park, Sri Lanka
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A seagull flies with is catch over the Humber River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A white butterfly feeds on vibrant yellow wildflowers in Heyworth, Illinois, US
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Storks gather to find a resting place in the trees around Bursa, Turkey. To young to start a nest and a family, they are known as ‘idle’ storks and they spend most of the summer months looking for food
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An American dog tick, also known as a wood tick, climbs through tall weeds while searching for a host in Oregon, US. This species is a carrier of diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia, though transmission is relatively rare in the Pacific north-west
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A wild goat wanders on the rocks in Tunceli, Turkey
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Lovebugs crawl over a wooden post on the peak of Gyeyangsan mountain in Incheon, west of Seoul. Despite their name, the insects are considered to be pests, and their population has exploded in South Korea owing to a warming climate. Municipal officials in Seoul recorded 9,296 complaints about lovebugs last year
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Not ready for takeoff … a vole looks surprised as it is carried away in the talons of a white-tailed kite in Mountain View, California, US
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