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Animal Tracks: A wide-eyed seal pup and more

13 of the week’s best animal photos

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Image: A stork is silhouetted against the Supermoon in its nest in downtown Arriate

Superstork

A stork is silhouetted against the Supermoon in its nest in downtown Arriate, Spain, on July 13.

Jon Nazca / X02457
Image: Tigress 'Angela' at the animal shelter in Ruesselsheim

Tiger gaze

Tigress 'Angela' looks on in the enclosure of the animal shelter in Ruesselsheim, Germany, on July 12.

Arne Dedert / DPA
Image: A woman farmer walks with her cattle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Agartala

Cloudy with a chance of cattle

A woman farmer walks with her cattle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Agartala, India, on July 12.

Jayanta Dey / X02752
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Stripes and stripes

A zebra looks out from its enclosure on a hot summer day before a heavy rainfall at the in Shanghai. on July 12.

Johannes Eisele / AFP
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Puppy love

Female seal pup "Jogi," left, is pictured next to her mother "Eike" in their enclosure at the zoo of Neumuenster, Germany, on July 11.

Carsten Rehder / DPA
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Unlikely friends

Malabon Zoo owner Manny Tangco, right, rides with orangutan named "Pacquiao" and albino pythons in Malabon, Philippines, on July 11,

Bullit Marquez / AP
Image: A man receives a falcon which caught a pigeon, symbolising the national soccer team of Germany in World Cup, during a falconry session north of Tabuk

Falcon foreshadow

A man receives a falcon which caught a pigeon, symbolising the national soccer team of Germany in the Brazil 2014 World Cup, north of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on July 10.

Stringer / X80002
Image: Policemen and volunteers release eagle owls after their recovery from injury, in Cangzhou, Hebei province

Freedom flight

Policemen and volunteers release eagle owls after their recovery from injury in Cangzhou, China, on July 10.

China Daily / X01745
Image: Birds wade through flooded wetlands as the winter sun rises near Cape Town's Khayelitsha township

Sunlit stroll

Birds wade through flooded wetlands as the winter sun rises near Cape Town, South Africa, July 8.

Mike Hutchings / X00388
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Hungry babies

Two approximately three week-old black and white Laughingthrush birds are feeded in Walsrode, Germany, on July 7.

Holger Hollemann / DPA
Image: Dogs with sunglasses rest on a table at the 2014 Taipei Pet Show at Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei

Stylish pups

Dogs with sunglasses rest on a table at the 2014 Taipei Pet Show at Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 11.

Pichi Chuang / X02348
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Walk on the beach

Black skimmers hang out near the M.B. Miller County Pier in Panama City Beach, Florida, on July 7.

Andrew Wardlow / The News Herald/Panama City, FL
Image: Nomad Camp in Suusamyr Valley

Horsey plateau

Horses rest near a nomad camp located in a high steppe plateau of the Suusamyr Valley, Kyrgyzstan, on July 8.

Igor Kovalenko / EPA
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