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The body of a juvenile southern right whale is loaded on the back of a truck after it beached itself near Danger Beach, on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa
 

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Buddhist monks Geshe Tenley (top right) and Tsultrim Davis release a lobster back into the ocean during "Chokhor Duchen", or the anniversary of Buddha's turning of the Dharma Wheel, from a boat in the waters off Gloucester, Massachusetts. The group of Buddhists released about 500 lobsters that were caught by commercial lobstermen, after buying the lobsters from a wholesaler who would otherwise have sold the crustaceans to restaurants. Buddhists practice liberation of animals due for slaughter as an expression of compassion for the welfare of all beings and to accumulate karmic merit. It is believed the merits of such acts are multiplied if they are performed on Chokhor Duchen.
 

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Volunteer rescuers drag a beached humpback calf to sea at Surfers Paradise Beach on the Gold Coast of Australia. The humpback calf was stranded on the beach for hours before volunteer rescuers were able to drag it back to the sea. SeaWorld Australia says a mother and calf humpback were sighted near where the calf was released and are hoping to get photos to verify it is the same calf and that it has been reunited with it's mother.