Pictures of the day from the Guardian

A man looks at a photograph titled Monkey by Oleg Dou at the ART Rio-International art fair in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

We’re not giving you one cute panda picture today but 12! This is one of Lun Lun’s newborn twin cubs at Atlanta zoo, US. Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

People cool off at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A worker sprays paint on the beak of the “Rubber Duck” that will measure 18 metres high . Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

 

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Animals in the news in pictures

A great set of very varied images from around the world collected together on The Atlantic site here

Polar bear cub Anori explores the outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, on Monday, April 23, 2012. Anori was born on January 4 and is becoming a visitor’s highlight. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Researchers dressed in panda costumes carry a cage as they transfer giant panda Tao Tao to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, on May 3, 2012. Tao Tao, 21-months-old, and its mother Cao Cao are being transferred to a bigger living environment with a higher altitude and a more complicated terrain, which marks the beginning of the third phase of its training to be reintroduced to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub’s environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media. (Reuters/China Daily)

A dog runs through a parade route after the Popemobile passed in Guanajuato, Mexico, on March 24, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI was on a visit to Mexico at the time. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)

There are 41 images in this series, if you like animals and photography you will like these, here