Photo of the Year: Animals

The best animal photos for 2021 according to the REUTERS agency.

14 PHOTOS

1. A horse stands on a snow-covered field in Cowhill, County Durham, UK.

2. Migrating white pelicans gather at a reservoir in Mishmar Hasharon, central Israel.

3. People and security personnel flee when Kurdish animal rights activists release a bear into the wild after rescuing a bear from captivity in people's homes in Dohuk, Iraq.

4. A horse is photographed in Takanda during the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain.

5. A silhouette of a deer during the rutting season in Richmond Park, London, UK.

6. Camels rest and graze near a field near the southern Israeli village of Nitzana.

7. A butterfly among incense sticks during the drying process at a home factory on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.

8. A pigeon walks past social distancing markers in an empty light rail car on Circular Quay during isolation to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Sydney, Australia.

9. A rider on a purebred Spanish horse during the SICAB PRE Horse Fair, an international purebred Spanish horse show, in Seville, Spain.

10. Pigeon lover Yonisbel Santana poses for a photographer on his rooftop in Havana, Cuba.

11. Fireflies light up in a forest near Pitrufken, Temuco, Chile.

12. People feed seagulls from a boat on the Yamuna River on a foggy morning in New Delhi, India.

13. A squirrel crosses Cherry Alley at the Bispebjerg cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark.

14. Fox walks at 10 Downing Street, London, UK.