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Animal Tracks: Baby turtles, penguins and more

A penguin chick at feeding time and 17 more of the week's best animal photos.

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Image: Indonesia Sea Turtles Conservation

First steps

Baby sea turtles are released into the wild at Samas Beach, Yogyakarta, Indonesia on July 19.

Nugroho Hadi Santoso / NurPhoto
Image: BESTPIX Tagging And Control Operation of Flamingo Chicks

Birds of a feather

An adult flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in an enclosure before they are tagged in Fuente de Piedra, Spain on July 19.

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images Europe
Image: Tagging And Control Operation of Flamingo Chicks

To the sky

Flamingos in flight in Fuente de Piedra, Spain on July 19.

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images Europe
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Snack time

An elephant tries to reach the leaves of a tree at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany on July 19.

Roland Weihrauch / DPA
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Hummingbird

Hummingbirds gather around a hummingbird feeder filled with sugar water in a backyard in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles on July 17.

Robyn Beck / AFP
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Wide-eyed

A male crowned lemur is pictured at the La Haute Touche zoological park in Obterre, France on July 18.

Guillaume Souvant / AFP
Image: An otter eats frozen fish during a heatwave at Madrid's zoo

Cold treat

An otter eats frozen fish during a heatwave at Madrid's zoo on July 17.

Andrea Comas / X90037
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Test flight

A young stork tries its first flight in Hamburg, Germany on July 17.

Daniel Reinhardt / DPA
Image: A cat plays with mouse in a courtyard in Medvode

Cat and mouse

A cat plays with mouse in a courtyard in Medvode, Slovenia on July 16.

Srdjan Zivulovic / X00501
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Cooling off

A tiger takes to the water to beat the heat at South Korea's Everland Amusement and Animal Park on July 17.

Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Image: Cooling off the heat in Everland, South Korea

Dive in

A polar bear plays in a pool in South Korea's largest amusement park, Everland, on July 17.

Jeon Heon-kyun / EPA
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Feed me!

A Gentoo penguin feeds a chick at the Faunia park zoo in Madrid on July 15.

Dani Pozo / AFP
Image: Confiscated desert fox

Foxy

A desert fox is seen at a park in Ulsan, South Korea on July 14.

Yonhap / YNA
Image: A brown bear eats frozen vegetables and fruits during a heatwave at Madrid's zoo

Chowing down

A brown bear eats frozen vegetables and fruits during a heatwave at Madrid's zoo on July 17.

Andrea Comas / X90037
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Hitching a ride

A cyclist with his dog in a backpack climbs the race route toward the finish line in Risoul prior to the arrival of the riders in the 14th stage of the Tour de France on July 19.

Peter Dejong / AP
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Drying off

On a warm summer evening, a pet dog named Lily shakes off water drops while playing fetch in the Umpqua River near Elkton, Oregon on July 18.

Robin Loznak
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Bath time

A horse is bathed after morning workouts at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York on July 17.

Mike Groll / AP
Image: Andean bear offspring at Zurich Zoo

Way up high

Young spectacled bear Ojo explores his enclosure at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland on July 16.

Steffen Schmidt / KEYSTONE
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