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Helmeted hornbill and more in this week's best animal pictures

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This picture taken on September 9, 2016 shows plain clothes police displaying a stuffed hornbill trophy seized from smugglers in Makassar, South Sulawesi province.

A striking bird with monochrome plumage and a formidable \"beak\", the helmeted hornbill is being hunted to extinction, one of the latest victims of a thriving global trade in exotic wildlife.

Helmeted hornbill

A striking bird with monochrome plumage and a formidable "beak", the helmeted hornbill is being hunted to extinction, one of the latest victims of a thriving global trade in exotic wildlife.

STR / AFP - Getty Images
A Dyeing poison frog sits in its terrarium in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on October 12, 2016.

Vibrant frog

A dyeing poison frog sits in its terrarium in Magdeburg, Germany, on Oct. 12.

PETER GERCKE / AFP - Getty Images
In this photo taken on October 15, 2016, a hedgehog is held by a customer at Harry Hedgehog Cafe in Tokyo.

The new animal cafe, which is located in Tokyo's Roppongi district, offers customers 30 minutes playtime with a hedgehog for 1000 yen (10 USD) on weekdays and 1,300 yen (13 USD) on weekends and holidays.

Hedgehog playtime

A hedgehog is seen being held by a customer at Harry Hedgehog Cafe in Tokyo on Oct. 15. The new animal cafe offers customers 30 minutes of playtime with a hedgehog for 1,000 yen ($10 USD) on weekdays and 1,300 yen ($13 USD) on weekends and holidays.

KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP - Getty Images
Thousands of great white pelicans eat fish provided by Israeli farmers at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on October 13, 2016. 

Thousands of migrant Pelicans pass though Israel on their way to Africa then again when they return to Europe in summer. Local farmers feed the birds in order to avoid damage to the commercial fish pools.

Migrating pelicans

Thousands of great white pelicans eat fish provided by Israeli farmers at a water reservoir in Tel Aviv on Oct. 13. Migrant Pelicans pass though Israel on their way to Africa, then again when they return to Europe in summer. Local farmers feed the birds in order to avoid damage to the commercial fish pools.

JACK GUEZ / AFP - Getty Images
An White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) is pictured at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon north of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on October 13, 2016. 

Thousands of migrant Pelicans pass though Israel on their way to Africa then again when they return to Europe in the summer. Local farmers feed the birds in order to avoid damage to the commercial fish pools.

White wagtail

A white wagtail is pictured at a water reservoir in Tel Aviv on Oct. 13. Local farmers feed the birds in order to avoid damage to the commercial fish pools.

JACK GUEZ / AFP - Getty Images
A woman holds a sphynx breed cat during a world cats show contest organized by the World Cat Federation (WCF) on October 16, 2016 in Istanbul.

Hairless cat

A woman holds a sphynx breed cat during a world cats show contest organized by the World Cat Federation  in Istanbul on Oct. 16.

OZAN KOSE / AFP - Getty Images
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