An insect hovers close to flowers adorning the area surrounding the sacred ruins of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
Owllets recovered from a fallen tree following a strong storm in Podgorica are held by a Montenegrin municipal worker. In a picturesque setting close to Frankfurt, Germany, a herd of deer crosses a road.
The natural world endures and even flourishes in a world whose headlines are dominated by stories of conflict and natural disaster. Even as they capture tragedy and destruction, AP photographers frequently find beauty.
On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, deer cross a road in the Taunus woodland in Wehrheim, close to Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On Friday, April 5, 2024, in the gardens of the Pimenta Palace Municipal Museum in Lisbon, a peacock shows off its tail feathers to hens during their mating ritual. (Photo courtesy of Armando Franca)AP
On April 10, 2024, a pheasant in a Frankfurt, Germany, grassland flaps its wings. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
June 8, 2024, Ciudad Valles, Mexico: Anteaters play on the grounds of Selva Teneek, a non-profit wildlife sanctuary where animals are receiving heat stress treatment amidst an ongoing drought and hot wave. (Photo by Mauricio Palos/AP)AP
On Saturday, February 24, 2024, in Surprise, Arizona, a hummingbird flies toward a flower in the outfield lawn during a spring training baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo
On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in Seattle, two bald eagles rest on a tree near Union Bay and roar. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo
On Friday, December 6, 2024, at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, one of the newborn twin panda bear cubs, Meng Hao and Meng Tian, also known as Leni and Lotti, peers out of the enclosure as their names are formally announced. (Photo by Markus Schreiber for AP)
At the conclusion of a religious procession in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday, October 24, 2024, an insect hovers close to flowers adorning the area surrounding the sacred remains of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the capital city’s patron saint. (Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)AP
On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at a stud farm in Wehrheim, close to Frankfurt, Germany, a starling perches on the back of a horse while another observes. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On a field outside of Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, a bee flies to a sunflower. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On Monday, October 14, 2024, five elephants are released from Aberdare National Park in central Kenya by Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and a capture team. (Photo courtesy of Brian Inganga)AP
On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, a juvenile macaque nibbles on a leaf in the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Indonesia’s Bali island. (Photo by Jon Gambrell for AP)
On April 13, 2024, in a field in Frankfurt, Germany, a gosling sits in its mother’s plumage. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya, two giraffes are seen wandering throughout Nairobi National Park, which is located outside of the city. (Photo courtesy of Brian Inganga)AP
Early on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Wehrheim, close to Frankfurt, Germany, a wild boar scuttles through the dense grass. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, in Tallinn, Estonia, a grey heron is shown off its features on a lake in a city park. Sergei Grits/AP Photo
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