Baby turtle strikes out

A newborn Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) walks into the sea after being realeased

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Gaza sheep smuggler

A Palestinian man smuggles a sheep into the Gaza Strip through a tunnel

A squirrel in a Moscow park during the first snows of the winter

African elephants in Addo Elephant National Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

A rabbit competes in a fashion contest at the Rabbit Festa in Yokohama city, Tokyo, Japan

A raccoon watches the first round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic golf match

Horses graze after heavy snow falls in Font-Romeu, southern France

Two-month-old coatis with their mother at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia

A Shih-tzu dog at the XVIIIth International Dog exhibition in Prague

A Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) swims in an aquarium tank

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All smiles at the Knox trial

In Pictures: Nature