Images Dated 2014 August

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A giraffe stands in front of Stalin's skyscrapers in Moscow Zoo in Moscow on August 8, 2014. Russia's drastic ban on food imports from Europe has claimed it first victims -- the rather choosy animals at Moscow zoo. Keepers at the zoo, one of Europe's oldest, have been sent scrambling to adjust the menus for its animals, which rely heavily on Dutch vegetables and Polish apples. The apples are a particular favourite of the zoo's bears, the animals that symbolize Russian virility and independence. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

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Tahiti - Surfing

Surfer at the top of a wave in Teahupoo, on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. AFP PHOTO / GREGORY BOISSY / AFP PHOTO / GREGORY BOISSY

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A Hybrid of Zebra and a Donkey Stands at the Taigan Zoo Park

A hybrid of zebra and a donkey stands at the Taigan zoo park outside Simferopol on August 5, 2014. A Crimean zoo has welcomed into its collection a "zebroid" or "zonkey" after a zebra gave birth following befriending a donkey. Named Telegraph by the keepers at the Taigan zoo park, his head and body resemble that of a donkey and are a solid beige colour, with his legs marked by black zebra stripes. Born last week, "Telegraph is very popular with visitors" who can watch him romping around with his mother, said director Oleg Zubkov. Crosses between zebras and other members of the equine family are not unheard of, although it is more unusual that the zebra is the mother. However allowing such breeding to occur is frowned upon in the zoo community. / AFP PHOTO / YURI LASHOV

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