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Meru, Jul 30 (EFE/EPA).- Kenya marked World Ranger Day 2021 on Friday, honorning dedicated men and women working on the front lines to protect endangered species and diverse ecosystems of Africa.World Ranger Day is observed annually on 31 July. (Camera: DANIEL IRUNGU). SHOT LIST: LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY (LWC) RANGER RAJIMEN LESAKUT ESCORTS PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM NEARBY SCHOOL AS HE ASSISTS THEM TO WALK ACROSS THE WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY AS THEY WENT HOME WITHIN THE CONSERVANCY; AND LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY (LWC) RHINO MONITORS TRACK A FEMALE RHINOCEROS AND HER CALF NEAR NGARE-NDARE FOREST, WITHIN THE CONSERVANCY IN MERU, SOME 250KM NORTH OF THE CAPITAL NAIROBI, KENYA.
Bhopal, Mar 3 (EFE/EPA).- Van Vihar National Park in the central Indian city of Bhopal celebrated World Wildlife Day on Wednesday by putting its animals on show. The World Wildlife Day is annually celebrated on 3 March. (Camera: SANJEEV GUPTA).SHOT LIST: ANIMALS SIT AND WALK IN ITS ENCLOSURE AT THE VAN VIHAR NATIONAL PARK IN BHOPAL, INDIA.
Queen camilla visits the Sheldrick Trust Elephant orphanage in Nairobi as part of hers and King Charles state visit to Kenya. After hearing more about the orphanage’s work, The Queen is shown the mud-bath area where Ms Sheldrick introduces the centre’s Head Keeper, Mr Edwin Lusichi. Her Majesty takes the opportunity to bottle feed a baby elephant. IMAGES
Pilgrims gather in Lisbon for a huge open-air Mass with Pope Francis for World Youth Day. The service will take place at the Parque Tejo on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital, with many people having slept overnight in the park, which was built for the occasion on a former landfill site. The weather is a concern with temperatures expected to soar to 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit). IMAGES
Pope Francis rides in the popemobile as he arrives a major Catholic youth festival in the capital Lisbon's Tejo Park. IMAGES
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims cheer Pope Francis as the pontiff arrives at a Lisbon park for an homage to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at a global jamboree. It marks the pope's second mass event with participants at this year's World Youth Day, which is actually a six-day extravaganza and happens to be the largest Catholic gathering in the world. Local authorities estimate the crowd size at about 800,000 people. IMAGES