British pianist Paul Barton played piano classics while being mobbed by monkeys while on tour in central Thailand, Saturday, November 21. Barton hoped his music could calm the simians amid a time in which tourists are unable to feed them thanks to the coronavirus. The musician hoped to raise awareness of the macaque’s hunger while also studying their responses to classical music. Barton has also performed for elephants at retirement sanctuaries. (REUTERS)
Rescue staff and villagers in southern India hoisted an elephant from a well, Friday, November 20, over the course of 14 hours. A farmer in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu heard the elephant on Thursday and alerted the local authorities. Concerned villagers dropped banana leaves down the well for the elephant to eat as the rescue attempt began. The elephant was hoisted out of the well and is set to be released in the nearby forest. (REUTERS)
The sun is setting on the lake and thousands of cranes perform a mating dance, bobbing their black and white heads while flapping large grey wings and hopping on long legs. (Reuters)
Anti-government protesters clashed with police in Chile’s capital of Santiago, Wednesday, November 18. Protests have been ongoing for a year to call for pension, healthcare and education reform. Chilean protesters took to the streets in droves last month in support of a plan to tear up the country’s constitution in favor of a new charter drafted by citizens. (REUTERS)
At least five people died and eight were wounded Tuesday, November 17, after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant near a police base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said. (Reuters)
A large flock of exotic flamingos congregated on the Waters Karakol lake in northern Kazakhstan while on their seasonal migration route, Saturday, November 14. The lake is used annually by the birds as they travel south as the weather gets colder, according to a statement by the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve Lake Karakol serves as a stopover resting place for dozens of birds and is protected by the country’s department for the environment. (REUTERS)
Emaciated fin whales wash up dead in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, France, Monday, November 16.
Peruvian government officials released about 1,040 baby Taricaya Turtles - of some 850,000 expected to be released this year - into the Nanay River in Peru's Amazon region, Saturday, November 7. (Reuters)
President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Paris, Tuesday, November 10, to discuss counterterrorism measures. (REUTERS)
Riot police spray water cannons at thousands of Thai protesters marching to the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Sunday, November 8, to demand curbs to King Maha Vajiralongkorn's powers and the removal of the government.
An Indian Navy warship replenished American and Japanese warships during ongoing joint naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal, Thursday, November 5. (REUTERS)
Police in Belarus fired warning shots into the air and detained protesters in Minsk, Sunday November 1.
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