An insect hovers close to flowers adorning the area surrounding the sacred ruins of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
Owllets recovered from a fallen tree following a strong storm in Podgorica are held by a Montenegrin municipal worker. In a picturesque setting close to Frankfurt, Germany, a herd of deer crosses a road.
The natural world endures and even flourishes in a world whose headlines are dominated by stories of conflict and natural disaster. Even as they capture tragedy and destruction, AP photographers frequently find beauty.
On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, deer cross a road in the Taunus woodland in Wehrheim, close to Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
On Friday, April 5, 2024, in the gardens of the Pimenta Palace Municipal Museum in Lisbon, a peacock shows off its tail feathers to hens during their mating ritual. (Photo courtesy of Armando Franca)AP
On April 10, 2024, a pheasant in a Frankfurt, Germany, grassland flaps its wings. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
June 8, 2024, Ciudad Valles, Mexico: Anteaters play on the grounds of Selva Teneek, a non-profit wildlife sanctuary where animals are receiving heat stress treatment amidst an ongoing drought and hot wave. (Photo by Mauricio Palos/AP)AP
On Saturday, February 24, 2024, in Surprise, Arizona, a hummingbird flies toward a flower in the outfield lawn during a spring training baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo
On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in Seattle, two bald eagles rest on a tree near Union Bay and roar. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo
One of the newly-born twin panda bear cubs, named Meng Hao and Meng Tian or Leni and Lotti, looks out of the enclosure, during the official presentation of their names, at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (Photo by Markus Schreiber for AP)
An insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, at the end of a religious procession in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)AP
A starling sits on the back of a horse as another looks on at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
A bee flies to a sunflower on a field in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and capture team release five elephants at Aberdare National Park, located in central Kenya Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)AP
A young macaque chews on a leaf in the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud on the island of Bali in Indonesia on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)AP
A gosling sits in its mother’s plumage in a meadow in Frankfurt, Germany, April 13, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
Two giraffes roam around Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)AP
A wild boar runs through the deep grass in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Michael Probst)AP
A Grey heron preening its features on a lake in city park in Tallinn, Estonia, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP
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