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Alessandro Pianon’s Pulcino bird sculpture, circa 1963, on display at Bonhams, London
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Dawn breaks over the Scottish Borders on a cold, frosty morning
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Larry, the Downing Street cat, outside No 10 before a cabinet meeting
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A performer at a light show at Ala-Too Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, decorated for new year and Christmas festivities
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A mute swan flies over Tices Meadow in Farnham, Surrey, in cold weather, as the UK population of the species rises
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Visitors queue to see giant pandas at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, after the announcement that two pandas will be returned to China in January next year
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Ranger members of the Japan Self-Defence Forces clean the main keep of Himeji Castle in Himeji, Japan
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Firefighters rescue a cow after it became trapped between two ash trees in Crux Easton, Hampshire
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The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, a towering column of gas and dust in the constellation Cepheus, glows in colours representing hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur gas
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Malaysia’s team leans back, digging in their heels to gain ground during the women’s 500kg tug of war semi-final against Thailand at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok
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US army sergeant Samantha Parada, a veterinary service support animal care specialist, demonstrates placing a breathing tube on a K9 training model during combat care instruction
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Sydney Sweeney attends the LA premiere of The Housemaid at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California
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Clippers Spirit perform during a basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California
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A racer drives his buffaloes through a muddy field during a traditional buffalo race, part of the annual agricultural calendar celebrating farming heritage, in Baradi Beedu, India
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A polar bear plays with a yellow plastic cover on an electricity pole wire in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, while waiting for sea ice to form over Hudson Bay
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People pose for a photo on the heritage tourist train La Sabana, decorated with Christmas lights, in Bogota, Colombia
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Students and animal welfare activists hold placards and shout slogans during a protest to save the stray dogs in Bangalore, India, criticising authorities for relocating animals to temporary shelters and animal birth control centres
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Indonesian army soldiers clear mud at the regional hospital in Aceh Tamiang, North Sumatra, after a flash flood three weeks earlier
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A monkey bares its teeth in a brief, playful grin near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, India
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