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Washington's celebrity giant panda Bei Bei leaves the city's zoo to begin his journey to China, the land of his ancestors, which he has never walked on. The rules of 'panda diplomacy' dictate that once a panda reaches the age of four, he or she is repatriated to breed with other animals at sanctuaries in China. IMAGES
Scores of panda lovers visit a zoo in Kuala Lumpur for the first public viewing of a cub, the second born in the Southeast Asian country in less than three years. IMAGES
The Zoo of Copenhagen has released footage of a baby elephant which was born last week in captivity as part of a European breeding program for Asian elephants. The mother is 16 year old Maha Kumari and the fathers name is Fahim. The name and gender of the baby elephant aren't known yet. Calves weight in beetween 70 and 90kg at birth after spending 22 months in their mothers wombs, the longest gestation in the animal kindom. Elephant births in zoos are relatively rare with a total number of 18 worldwide in 2023 IMAGES
Ukrainians deploy a giant national flag in a Kyiv stadium to mark "Unity Day" in the face of a feared invasion by Russia. Russia says military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea have ended and that soldiers are returning to their garrisons, a day after it announced a first troop pullback from Ukraine's borders. IMAGES
The giant panda Tian Tian, on loan from China to the Washington Zoo, is busy in his pen the day after the birth of the baby panda he had with Mei Xiang. She was artificially inseminated on March 22 with Tian Tian's frozen semen. IMAGES
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