The eyes have it
A seal(海豹) lies next to a pool at a seal breeding station in Norddeich, northern Germany. For the last 22 years, seal minder Fritz Rabenstein has raised abandoned seal puppies at the station before returning them later into the wild.
Pipe dreams
A sparrow(麻雀) drinks from a leaky(漏水的) water pipe on a hot summer day in southwest China's Chongqing municipality(自治区，直辖市).
Total eclipse of the heart
A woman watches the solar eclipse with her poodle(卷毛小狗) in Hangzhou of Zhejiang province in eastern China. The longest total eclipse(全食) of the sun of this century triggered(触发) tourist fever(旅游热) in Asia as astronomy enthusiasts(天文学热衷者) flocked(成群结队地走) to watch the event.
The bee's knees
A bee lands on a coneflower(黄雏菊，金花菊) in a garden in Salina, Kan.
Gorilla glare
Richard, a male gorilla(大猩猩), looks out from his enclosure(圈地) at the Troja Zoo in Prague.
Fast friends
Mena, a 1-year old female elephant, entertains a tourist with its trunk(象鼻) at a hotel in Phuket, southern Thailand.
Doggy daycare
A white dog nurses two red panda cubs(幼崽) in the zoo in Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi province. The two cubs were abandoned by their mother shortly after birth, but are now healthy and content thanks to their canine(犬科的) wet nurse(奶妈).
Gone fishin'
Visitors look at a shark at an aquarium(水族馆) in Tokyo, Japan.