Photos of the week: Hitching atop a zebra and a mother giraffe’s nudge

A newborn zebra taking her first steps is helped by her mother in a German zoo and a couple of birds pool a ride atop a zebra in Kenya--photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Nov 23, 2018 9:48 PM IST

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Birds sit on the back of a zebra in the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya. (Baz Ratner / REUTERS)

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An installation of cabbage and baby dolls is seen during the annual harvest festival ‘Dazhynki - 2018’ in the town of Ivie, Belarus. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS)

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Alina Zagitova of Russia competes in the Ladies’ Free Skating event at ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Maxim Shemetov / REUTERS)

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People enjoy interactive object ‘Time Machine’ during festival of lights in Riga, Latvia. (Ints Kalnins / REUTERS)

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A general view shows Fuego volcano (Volcano of Fire) erupting as seen from San Juan Alotenango, outside of Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Luis Echeverria / REUTERS)

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Swans are seen in a boat after they were caught at Hamburg’s inner city lake Alster by Olaf Niess and his team to bring them in their winter quarters in Hamburg, Germany. (Fabian Bimmer / REUTERS)

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Santa Claus pays a visit on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. (Brendan Mcdermid / REUTERS)

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Maria Bersabe Ponce, 87, sits inside her house made out of plastic bottles in the village of El Borbollon in El Transito, El Salvador. (Jose Cabezas / REUTERS)

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A South Korean military officer (R) and a North Korean military officer shake hands during an operation to reconnect a road across the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. (Yonhap / The Defense Ministry / REUTERS)

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Performers and balloons move through Sixth Avenue during the 92nd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. (Andres Kudacki / AP)

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Tourists are reflected in ceiling mirrors as they view the Bangkok cityscape during a visit of the King Power Mahanakhon building Bangkok, Thailand. (Sakchai Lalit / AP)

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Thousands take part in a march in the center of Athens during an annual demonstration gathering to American embassy, commemorating the 1973 student uprising that helped topple Greece’s US-backed junta. (Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)

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Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara hits a return against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon during their women’s singles final at the Hong Kong Open badminton tournament. (Anthony Wallace / AFP)

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Thick fog in the Avranches countryside, northern France. (Philippe Huguen / AFP)

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A young Rohingya refugee spreads out fire wood for drying on the roof of a shack, next to a solar panel, at the Hakimpara refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)

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Altuna III returns the ball during the Euskolabel eusko pilota (barehand pelota) 4 1/2 championship final match between Altuna III and Ezkurdia at the Navarra arena in Pamplona, Spain. (Ander Gillenea / AFP)

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Germany’s Alexander Zverev is covered in ticker tape after being presented with the trophy, having beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in their men;s singles final match on day eight of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London, England. (Glyn Kirk / AFP)

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Men from Mexico climb the US-Mexico border wall in Playas de Tijuana, northwestern Mexico. (Guillermo Arias / AFP)

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An Iraqi Sufi Muslim Kurd takes part in a ritual ceremony to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed in the Kurdish town of Akra, 500 km north of Baghdad, Iraq. (Safin Hamed / AFP)

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Libyan youth gather in a neighbourhood in the city of Benghazi on the occasion of the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday. (Abdullah Doma / AFP)

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Employee Jeferson Deodata da Silva selects a book from the shelves of the Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Carl De Souza / AFP)

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Newborn giraffe Ella and her mother Amalka at their enclosure at Berlin’s Tierpark zoo. (Paul Zinken / dpa / AFP)

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Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam reacts following his release from Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, near Dhaka, after he was granted bail by the High Court a few days prior. (Suman Paul / AFP)

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10 year-old Ghazi Saleh lies on a bed at Al-Mudhafar hospital in Taez. Skin and bones, 10-year-old Saleh only weighs eight kilogrammes. (Mazrooq Al-Jabiry / AFP)

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A handout by the Press Office of the Pompeii Archaeological Park shows a newly-discovered fresco, representing Greek mythological princess Leda and a swan, in an ancient Pompeii bedroom. (Cesare Abbate / AFP)

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US President Donald Trump pardons the turkey “Peas” during the annual ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, as US First Lady Melania Trump looks on. (Jim Watson / AFP)

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Rappers Pharrell Williams (L) and Snoop Dogg attend a ceremony honouring Snoop Dogg with a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Hollywood, California. (Valerie Macon / AFP)

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Impalas walk near the elevated railway that allows movement of animals below the tracks at the construction site of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi National Park, Kenya. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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Light displays are pictured during a photocall at Kew Gardens in south west London, during an event to promote the launch of the “Christmas at Kew Gardens” event in England. (Tolga Akmen / AFP)

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Novice monks walking during alms procession are seen through a hanging donations of Myanmar currency notes during Buddhist religious festivities in Yangon. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)