1. A pelican opens its mouth on a hot day at the Sofia Zoo in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2. holdemqueen@hotmail.com A volunteer from a turtle rescue center holds a newly hatched sea turtle at the shore on Linosa, a small volcanic island south of Sicily, Italy.

3. A woman and her dog walk next to Puppy, a sculpture by U.S. artist Jeff Koons, displayed at the entrance of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

4. A Siberian Tiger cleans itself in its enclosure at the Munich zoo in Germany.

5. holdemqueen@hotmail.com Sheila Taormina and her horse, Liangliang, clear a jump during the jumping event of the women’s modern pentathlon at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

6. Greyhounds race during the farewell gala at Walthamstow Greyhound Racing Stadium in London, England. It's the last race to ever be held in the stadium, which is closing after 75 years.

7. When Valerie Rocks saw a bundle of fur being passed around a Chicago pub, she was amazed to find it was a four-eared kitten. She fell in love with him, took him home and named him Yoda.

8. holdemqueen@hotmail.com A parrot lifts a barbell to show support for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Bird Island in Shenyang, in northeast Chinas Liaoning province.

9. A couple of storks sleep during a full moon on in the countryside near Warsaw, Poland. The storks depart Poland for Africa at the end of August.

10. Zookeeper Detelina Andreeva feeds a 1-month-old male squirrel called Misho in the Exotic Zoo in Varna, Bulgaria.

11. holdemqueen@hotmail.com Two zebras play in their enclosure at the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia during a heat wave.

12. A large insect perches on the goal during a men's hockey match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

13. Trained elephants walk in line in front of the federal palace during a circus promotion event in Bern, Switzerland.