A clumsy fox had a very bad day when it managed to get its leg stuck in a letterbox. It was released by a member of the public and then became stuck between a fence and a wall while trying to escape in Hadleigh, Essex. It was later freed by South Essex Wildlife hospital
Photograph: Liam Clement/SWNS

A burned horse rescued from wildfires in Tirana, Albania is cared for at an animal shelter
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One of 10 cheetah cubs rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade receives treatment at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Geed-Deeble on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland
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Freedom for JoJo: the first orangutang rescued in 2009 by Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia in collaboration with the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency, has, for the first time in more than 20 years, been able to climb trees and experience the forest. This long-awaited moment comes thanks to the creation of a two-hectare semi-wild forest enclosure
Photograph: Ministry of Forestry, West Kalimantan BKSDA/YIARI and International Animal Rescue

A fox yawns at the police lodge in Ercis district, where it comes every evening in Van, Turkey
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Storks rest on the rocks in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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A Eurasian oystercatcher, a migratory bird species notable for its red eyes and beak, searches for food in a wetland in Bursa, Turkey
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Sir David Attenborough named this golden eaglet Princeling. It is the first golden eaglet to fledge at a nest and was brought to Scotland as part of a conservation project
Photograph: Ian Georgeson/PA

An eel struggles on the surface of a blue-green algae bloom at Battery Harbour in Cookstown, Northern Ireland
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A roe deer among burnt trees as firefighters and forestry teams continue their efforts to extinguish the fire in Çanakkale, Turkey
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An osprey lifts a trout from the water after catching it during a hunt at a lake near Stamford, England
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A sick California sea lion sits in an enclosure at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, US
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A monkey looks on as it holds the Indian national flag placed along a road on the eve of the country’s Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi
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A two-week-old orphaned jaguarundi walks as a medical team cares for him at a veterinary hospital in Panama City, Panama
Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters

A heron perches on a plastic container on Lake Suchitlán, whose surface is covered by water lettuce, in Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Photograph: Vladimir Chicas/EPA

A rabbit infected with the Shope papilloma virus, which causes wart-like growths that can look like horns, in Fort Collins, Colorado, US
Photograph: Amanda Gilbert/AP

A Japanese grasshopper, a pest, carves on a Taro leaf in Tehatta, West Bengal, India
Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Horses grazing on the grassland in Tashkurgan County, China
Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA

A female black swallowtail butterfly lifts off from a wildflower at Sioux City, Iowa, US
Photograph: Jerry Mennenga/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Yellow-crested cockatoos resting on a street lamp in the Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood in Hong Kong
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Carcass of a whale washed up on a beach in Tijuana, Mexico
Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images
