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Cheetah cubs ready to meet their first visitors

The tiny new arrivals are on course to meet their first visitors by the end of the summer.

United Kingdom

Is Britain’s bizarre trend of snapping dogs at polling stations becoming a tradition?

They were pictured around voting stations across Britain.

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Orangutan gets the hang of fidget spinner

An orangutan in Vienna Zoo gets the hang of a fidget spinner

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Honk honk, oink oink!

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World's largest jellyfish collection

Having roamed the seas for the last 500 years, jellyfish are the oldest multi-organ creature on the planet

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Whooao black Betty! Home invading bear captured playing piano

A bear has become a viral star after breaking into a US home and playing the piano, all captured on homecam.

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Horse feathers in California as steed airlifted to safety

Vets in California have had to use a helicopter to airlift an injured horse to safety.

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Meet Fiona - the hippo with millions of fans

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Stranded whales in Sri Lanka pushed back into the sea

USA

Baby hippo Fiona makes media splash

United Kingdom

This Scottish duo plans to literally walk around the world

On the morning of Tuesday, March 7 29-year-old Paul Whatley and his dog Brett left their home town of Dunbar in Scotland to engage in the adventure of a lifetime: walking around the…

United Kingdom

Zookeeper mauled to death by tiger was passionate campaigner

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Lucky lion cub

The first lion cub born at the Dallas Zoo in 43 years has made her first scheduled public appearance on Friday (19 May).

France

Tourist attacked after trying to take photo with cow

A tourist was hospitalised after trying to take a photo with a cow on a Corsican beach, officials have revealed.

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Horses on the highway

Drivers near Budapest were faced with some strange oncoming traffic on May 15, as nearly a dozen horses galloped down the highway.

USA

15 large great white sharks spotted near CA paddleboarders

California paddleboarders found themselves in what resembled an outtake from ‘Jaws’ when the chilling announcement was made that they were just metres from a school of around 15 great white…

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Indonesia: Rare albino orangutan recovering

Following her emergency rescue on April 29 from a village in the central Indonesian island of Kalimantan, the albino orangutan is recovering at the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation’s Orangut

USA

United Airlines: Owners of giant dead rabbit suspect foul play

Embattled United Airlines embroiled in another controversy over mysterious death of giant rabbit whose owners are seeking damages

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UK: firefighters rescue a sheep wedged between rocks

A sheep named Dolly has been rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a five-metre-deep rock crevice on moorland in West Yorkshire.

World News

A week in Pictures ... May Day, protests and Prince Philip

*Main picture above: Demonstrators clash with police during a rally against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1 A choice selection of the week’s most striking images f