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A herd of milu deer on a wetland near the Dafeng Milu national nature reserve in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China
Photograph: He Jinghua/VCG/Getty Images
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An Ecuadorian hillstar hummingbird (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) at the Jocotoco Foundation’s Chakana reserve on the slope of the Antisana volcano, 50km south-east of Quito
Photograph: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images
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A flock of flamingos on Lake Tuz during their incubation period in Aksaray, Turkey
Photograph: Murat Oner Tas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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A white-tailed bumblebee on livelong flowers in the morning dew in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, UK
Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock
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Memorial to the Albatrosses by Thomas P Peschak, judged highly commended in the wildlife photojournalism: single image category in the wildlife photographer of the year 2020 awards
Photograph: Thomas P Peschak/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA
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A warning sign close to a camping ground where a man was killed by a polar bear at Longyearbyen on the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. According to local news reports, the man and six others, only identified as foreign nationals, were sleeping in tents when a polar bear attacked early in the morning
Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images
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Dr Wave Kashweeka, a principal veterinary officer, stands over the carcass of an elephant found near Seronga in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Elephants are now reported to have started dying in a similar way in neighbouring Zimbabwe, and scientists are trying to find the cause
Photograph: Thalefang Charles/Reuters
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Wildcats at Derek Gow’s farm in Upcott Grange, Devon, UK. Gow is rewilding his land and reintroducing historically native species such as wild boar and wildcats, which have previously been eradicated from the region
Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian
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A bird sits on a branch in La Fortuna de San Carlos, north-west of San Jose, Costa Rica
Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA
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An eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in the red eft stage, at DuPont state recreational forest near Hendersonville, North Carolina, US
Photograph: Bill Gozansky/Alamy
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An okapi at Mulhouse zoo in eastern France
Photograph: Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images
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A raccoon is rescued by biologists from a burning area of the Pantanal wetlands, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The Pantanal, a huge tropical wetland spread over Brazil’s border with Bolivia and Paraguay, is suffering its worst fires in more than 20 years
Photograph: Joao Paulo Guimaraes/AFP/Getty Images
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A fisherman picks up a dead dolphin from the Indian Ocean off Grand Sable, Mauritius. At least 39 dolphins and whales have washed up dead on the beaches of Mauritius. According to Greenpeace Africa the carcasses have been taken for postmortem analysis to establish if there is a connection with the oil spill from MV Wakashio, a Japanese owned Panama-flagged bulk carrier which ran aground, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes of fuel
Photograph: Laura Morosoli/EPA
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A chimpanzee reacts to visitors as he sits in his enclosure at Osnabruck zoo in Germany. Two males, Lobo and Lome, moved from Leipzig zoo to Osnabruck to strengthen the social structure of the existing group
Photograph: Friso Gentsch/AP
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A bull Shiras moose (Alces alces shirasi) in green forest vegetation inWard, Colorado, US
Photograph: Steve Boice/Alamy
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A red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) in a shrub in Lauterbach, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
Photograph: Stephan Schulz/dpa
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