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Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

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A baby elephant learns how to walk again in this week's best animal pictures

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Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

Meet Fah Jam!

This 6-month-old baby elephant is washed before getting into the pool for a hydrotherapy treatment session to rehabilitate her injured foot at a veterinary clinic in Thailand on Jan. 7.

DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

She's learning to walk again

When she was 3 months old, Fah Jam lost part of her front left foot in a snare set up by local villagers in Chanthaburi province as a means to protect their crops from animals.

DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

She's using a pool to get the hang of walking again

The hydrotherapy sessions are part of the rehabilitation process to help Fah Jam regain strength and mobility in her injured foot.

DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

Sometimes it's a little scary!

epa05703307 Six month-old baby elephant Fah Jam, meaning Clear Sky, swims aided by a harness during a hydrotherapy treatment session to rehabilitate her injured foot at a veterinary clinic near Pattaya, Thailand, 07 January 2017.When she was 3 months old, Fah Jam lost part of her front left foot in a snare set up by local villagers in Chanthaburi province as a means to protect their crops from animals. The hydrotherapy sessions are part of the rehabilitation process to help Fah Jam regain strength and mobility in her injured foot. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

But then it's OK again

epa05703304 Six month-old baby elephant Fah Jam, meaning Clear Sky, rests her head on her handler's hand during a hydrotherapy treatment session to rehabilitate her injured foot at a veterinary clinic near Pattaya, Thailand, 07 January 2017. When she was 3 months old, Fah Jam lost part of her front left foot in a snare set up by local villagers in Chanthaburi province as a means to protect their crops from animals. The hydrotherapy sessions are part of the rehabilitation process to help Fah Jam regain strength and mobility in her injured foot. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA
Image: Six month-old elephant Fah Jam has hydrotherapy to help heal her injured foot.

Slow and steady wins the race!

epa05703248 Six month-old baby elephant Fah Jam, meaning Clear Sky, arrives for a hydrotherapy treatment session to rehabilitate her injured foot at a veterinary clinic near Pattaya, Thailand, 07 January 2017. When she was 3 months old, Fah Jam lost part of her front left foot in a snare set up by local villagers in Chanthaburi province as a means to protect their crops from animals. The hydrotherapy sessions are part of the rehabilitation process to help Fah Jam regain strength and mobility in her injured foot. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
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