2020 in review: Check out the cat with sunglasses

And other cute, funny and poignant animal photos from the year gone by

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A cat wearing sunglasses is pictured as pro-democracy activists protest after the constitutional court's ruling on Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's conflict of interest case, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A crow attacks a bat in central Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A dog wearing traditional festival costume and pair of glasses is seen during Sanja Matsuri, one of Tokyo's biggest traditional festivals, taking place after months of delay caused by the coronavirus outbreak, at Asakusa district in Tokyo, Japan.
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A tiny 'fingertip-sized' pygmy chameleon is seen at Chester Zoo, Chester, Britain.
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Ole, a young orangutan, plays in his enclosure at the zoo on a rainy day in Kaliningrad, Russia.
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A tiger rescued from a circus by Animal Defenders International in Guatemala arrives at its new home near Winburg, South Africa.
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Starlings are seen in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
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An orphaned kangaroo joey, rescued during the bushfire season, stands inside the living room of Gary Wilson and Julie Willis, both of whom are animal carers, in the community of Wytaliba, New South Wales, Australia.
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Antelopes graze under a bridge of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line, inside the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya,.
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A flamboyance of flamingos crowds together in Lake Bogoria, in Baringo County, Kenya.
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A male deer barks in front of autumn foliage during the annual rutting or breeding season, Richmond Park, London, Britai.
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A brushtail possum with a burnt paw is nursed by WIRES volunteers in Merimbula, Australia.
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Cranes gather during the migration season on a foggy morning at Hula Nature Reserve in northern Israel.
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An anteater rests in a bathroom sink while receiving treatment at the home of Marcelo Andreani, a veterinarian with the state environmental police, near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazi.
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A red fox stands at an empty parking lot in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, amid closed beaches and emptied sidewalks during coronavirus restrictions.
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Dalmatians compete in the ring on the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain.
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A three-toed sloth hangs from a tree on the outskirts of Melgaco Bay, southwest of Marajo island, in Para state, Brazil.
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A red-tailed black bumblebee collects nectar from lavender blossoms at Hitchin Lavender farm in Ickleford, Britain.
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Rhinoceroses stand at the Lewa Savanne area at Zoo Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland.
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A hummingbird flies towards a flower in the garden at the faculty of Higher Studies Iztacala on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico.
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An adult male jaguar named Ousado rests during treatment for burn injuries on his paws after a wildfire in Pantanal, at NGO Nex Institute in Corumba de Goias, Goias State, Brazil.
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An Indian gharial crocodile eats a fish in a pool at closed Prague Zoo amid coronavirus restrictions in Prague, Czech Republic.
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A murmuration of migrating starlings flies in a group over a field near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel.
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A jellyfish swims in a giant spherical tank at the World of Jellyfish aquarium in Prague, Czech Republic.
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A male 12-day-old sea lion cub is seen with its mother Peaches in their enclosure at Schoenbrunner Tiergarten zoo in Vienna, Austria.
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A dog peeks out from a sundries store in Tondo, Manila, Philippines.
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A conservationist holds the head of a griffon vulture after it was temporarily captured as part of a national project to protect and increase the population of the protected bird in Israel, at a makeshift data-collecting station near Sde Boker in southern Israel
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A customer plays with cats at the Caturday Cat cafe in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Dogs look out of their cages before the Sedivackuv Long dog sled race in Destne v Orlickych horach, Czech Republic.
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Deer graze in the early morning light at Richmond Park in London, Britain.
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Recently born Madagascan ring-tailed lemur twins are pictured at Chester Zoo in Chester, Britain.
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An endangered African crowned crane chick is fed by its mother at Folly Farm, Begelly, Wales, Britain.
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A fox carries a squirrel in its mouth during coronavirus restrictions in Toronto, Ontario
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Penguins Momo and Omochi are seen at the Aqua Park Shinagawa in Tokyo, Japan.

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