Associated Press Announces Its Best Animal Photos Of 2018

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    A polar bear blows bubbles as he dives in the water at its enclosure during warm late summer weather at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, October 16, 2018.

    Polar bear diving underwater
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    Guanacos sit during a signing ceremony in Patagonia Park, Chile, January 29, 2018.

    Three Guanacos sitting huddled together and facing in different directions
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    A Kyrgyz boy holds a golden eagle for an eagle hunt during the Third Nomad Games, in Cholpon-Ata, 250 kilometers (156 miles) of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 6, 2018

    An eagle sitting on the shoulder of a Kyrgyz boy in traditional clothes
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    Keeper Zachariah Mutai attends to Fatu, one of only two female northern white rhinos left in the world, in the pen where she is kept for observation, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia county in Kenya March 2, 2018.

    Man in khaki outfit petting a white rhino
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  • 05

    Cheetah mother Isantya looks at its three little babys at their enclosure at the zoo in Muenster, Germany, November 9, 2018.

    Cheetah watching the camera above her three babies
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    Three goslings walk on a meadow near the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, on a sunny, April 17, 2018.

    Three fuzzy ducklings walking together
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    The little new born wombat baby APARI sitting in its mothers pouch at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, March 29, 2018.

    Baby wombat cradles inside a pouch
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    A herd of some 120 buffaloes are driven in Kiskunsag National Park from their winter habitat in Szabadszallas to the animal farm of Fulopszallas, 87 kms south of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, January 4, 2018.

    Buffaloes running across a reflective surface
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    A penguin reacts with a zoo keeper as it stands on weighing scales for the Zoo’s annual weigh in, in London, August 23, 2018.

    Penguin looking up at a woman while standing on a weighting scale
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    the little polar bear baby Nanook makes the first steps with her mother outside their cave at the compound at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, April 13, 2018.

    Polar bear mother leaning down to support her baby
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    Several female Gelada baboons, also known as bleeding-heart baboons, cuddle with their youngs in order to keep warm at the Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, Germany on January 3, 2018.

    Baboons sitting together and cradling babies to the chests
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    Three Iceland horses stick their heads together in their paddock in Wehrheim, Germany, January 16, 2018.

    Three horses with different colored fur coats huddling together
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    Sally Manikian, of Shelburne, N.H., gets a high five as her Alaskan huskies charge from the start of the Irving Woodlands Can Am Crown 100-mile sled dog race, March 3, 2018, in Fort Kent, Maine.

    Sled dogs charging toward the camera in snowy setting
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    The female Gorilla Fatou eats a “rice-cake” to celebrate her 61st birthday at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, April 13, 2018.

    Close up pic of gorilla with food stains around her mouth
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    A freshly hatched chick rest after strong efforts to break through the egg in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, January 23, 2018.

    Chick hatching from an egg
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    A shepherd tries to guide a flock of sheep that turned around as they were driven through central Madrid, Spain, October 21, 2018.

    A herd of sheep in the middle of an ubran street
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    A puma cools off with an ice cube containing frozen meat juice at the Zoo of Vincennes in Paris France, August 2, 2018.

    Puma licking a block of ice
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    A zebra stands inside her enclosure at the “eco-park” in Buenos Aires, Argentina on August 7, 2018. The zoo was inaugurated in 1875 on what was then a quiet patch on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

    Close up photo of an eye and the striped fur coat of a zebra
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    Elephant “Anchali” lifts a Christmas tree at its enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, January 2, 2018

    Elephant holding a tree with its trunk
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  • 20

    A zoo worker plays with a new baby panda at Malaysia Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2018.

    Baby panda bear being picked up
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    Clarita the Bengal tiger plays with one of her three cubs at the Huachipa Zoo, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, October 30, 2018.

    White Bengal tiger yawning next to her baby
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    A three week old baby female rhino walks in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 17, 2018.

    Baby rhino walking past an adult one
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  • 23

    British short hair cat “Amber von der Feenlichtung” waits during an international dog and cat exhibition in Erfurt, Germany, June 16, 2018.

    Closeup photo of a grey cat with large orange eyes

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