{"id":104140,"date":"2025-07-30T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104140\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:48:36","slug":"a-buffalo-calf-meets-a-gentle-rhino-and-other-news-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104140\/","title":{"rendered":"A buffalo calf meets a gentle rhino \u2014 and other news in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A buffalo calf meets a gentle rhino \u2014 and other news in pictures    <\/p>\n<p>, The Times<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Farm family with their animals.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/7a922d32-2892-42a1-8ef1-9b37fbdc537b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A \u201cFarmily Portrait\u201d taken in Canada shows farmers posing with all their animals at once<\/p>\n<p>TASHA HALL\/ANIMAL NEWS AGENCY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Siwa Oasis: The destination for tourists seeking healing in Egypt\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/a401cf60-b9e9-4c66-ae78-463931d46384.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Siwa oasis in the heart of the Western Desert in Egypt is known for its salt lakes and hot sand baths, believed to be beneficial for rheumatism and skin conditions. It has become a healing destination for visitors<\/p>\n<p>FAREED KOTB\/ANADOLU\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"INDIA-ENVIRONMENT-TIGER\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/a0779ea5-3aed-48b6-990b-9687d8b92a8c.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Artists dressed in tiger costumes in Bengaluru during a campaign to mark International Tiger Day and promote conservation<\/p>\n<p>IDREES MOHAMMED\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Life in Cambodia following ceasefire with Thailand\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/7b9e22b7-0bc4-4787-a299-c33a275be4c1.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cambodian motorcyclists pictured under a double rainbow following the conclusion of a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand<\/p>\n<p>DANIEL CENG\/ANADOLU\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NINTCHDBPICT001013115447\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/1616eddf-e824-4bef-80e9-8ae3b2e7b539.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Laurence Edwards, the British sculptor, used bark, scrub and foliage to cast After the Flood, an 8ft-tall, 15ft-wide bronze figure. Weighing more than one tonne and 15 months in the making, the work forms part of Sculpture 25, his first UK show in three years<\/p>\n<p>RUSSELL SACH<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NINTCHDBPICT001013101021\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/259fb815-6af9-4988-b3d9-4762ae2a4f5d.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath celebrates artworks by Jackie Morris and poetry by Robert Macfarlane from The Lost Spells, their best-selling book about nature<\/p>\n<p>ZACHARY CULPIN\/BNPS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"INDIA-RELIGION-HINDUISM-FESTIVAL\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/cd31df29-5876-4fd8-aec3-4f7b2b20bc25.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Revellers perform a fire-breathing stunt as they take part in a religious procession during the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage in the sacred month of Shravan in Ajmer<\/p>\n<p>HIMANSHU SHARMA\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Circus Extreme\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/c0ca2554-b4e3-42d9-ae8f-9fa1b1406eb8.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hollie Exton, the lead choreographer at Circus Extreme, lays on the top of a piano as it is lifted towards the roof of the big top during rehearsals at Branksome recreation ground in Poole, Dorset<\/p>\n<p>BEN BIRCHALL\/PA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colourful sunrise at Sandbanks beach in Dorset\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/8979c122-0681-4d0c-9e51-24ba5003d1e6.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A colourful sunrise at Sandbanks beach in Dorset<\/p>\n<p>CENK ALBAYRAK-TOUYE\/PICTURE EXCLUSIVE<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fighter pilot shows flair during jaw-dropping display\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/968a23f8-745e-4439-8d6a-90b6ed70f33e.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nick \u201cLaz\u201d Le Tourneau, a US air force captain, performed a show-stopping aerial manoeuvre during the Cocoa Beach air show in Florida. The jet pictured is using countermeasure flares to create bright, hot plumes that distract heat-seeking missiles by drawing them away from the aircraft\u2019s engines<\/p>\n<p>SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Qatar Goodwood Festival - Day 1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/d20979a1-fc4e-4728-a48c-e00c4e7790e9.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Racegoers attend the Qatar Goodwood Festival<\/p>\n<p>MAX MUMBY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"North Queensferry, United Kingdom. 29 July, 2025 Pictured: The Black Blues Brothers in front of the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, just outside Edinburgh. The Black Blues Brothers are back at the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new show, fit for th\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/aa156931-228b-4bf3-bcfb-7bd075382794.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Black Blues Brothers in front of the Forth Bridge at North Queensferry, ahead of their show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The show includes acrobatic stunts, human pyramids and somersaults against a soundtrack of rock \u2019n\u2019 roll music<\/p>\n<p>RICH DYSON\/ALAMY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;The Naked Gun&quot; - US Premiere\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/babcac5d-f542-4d08-aced-e8339b22e6e6.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson attend the US premiere of The Naked Gun at the SVA Theatre in New York City<\/p>\n<p>BRYAN BEDDER\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The sun sets over north Gaza\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/7196ede2-6994-465e-b846-455cccfc0e75.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The sun sets over north Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the border<\/p>\n<p>AMIR COHEN\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"THAILAND-ANIMAL-ENVIRONMENT-LION\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/1eeeca8b-9177-4abe-8621-fb068c0f264e.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thailand\u2019s captive lion population has exploded in recent years, numbering nearly 500 registered individuals in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes. This month-old cub is pictured at a breeding facility in Chachoengsao<\/p>\n<p>LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"***BESTPIX*** U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem Travels to Argentina, Chile, And Paraguay\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/5fb85873-58da-4ab7-a1f6-6c88a5be1db8.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, strikes a pose after watching a gaucho dance demonstration at the Campo de Mayo military base with Patricia Bullrich, the Argentine national security minister<\/p>\n<p>ALEX BRANDON-POOL\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/f3ce938f-62a9-4f21-b59c-225c912165de.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian servicemen fire a Soviet-made ZU-23 anti-aircraft twin autocannon towards a Russian drone from a sunflower field during an air attack near Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region<\/p>\n<p>ROMAN PILIPEY\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Living Room Performance Of Vietnam's Traditional Opera\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/0e52520a-0827-4766-81b0-51716c9186d1.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leon Quang Le transforms his living room into a theatre for the Kieu Nguyet Nga show, which reimagines his 2018 film Song Lang. The traditional Vietnamese opera shows, offered free of charge in Ho Chi Minh City, draw 30 to 50 people each week<\/p>\n<p>THANH HUE\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse racing in Bangladesh by Syed Mahabubul Kader\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/4f5f8e9b-3803-403e-aaf4-41a7f21a0c27.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Horses are raced as part of a centuries-old tradition in Nawabganj, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh. Winners\u2019 prizes include cash, mobile phones, televisions, refrigerators and even goats<\/p>\n<p>SYED MAHABUBUL KADER\/SOLENT NEWS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NINTCHDBPICT001013100956\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/76d52401-0787-4ad0-9855-5581932c3d50.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The incredible moment a dolphin leaps 20 feet in the air only yards away from a lucky kayaker. Rupert Kirkwood was paddling off Torbay, Devon, when he encountered a pod of 50 bottlenose dolphins<\/p>\n<p>RUPERT KIRKWOOD\/BNPS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SPAIN-VATICAN-RELIGION-NUNS-TRIAL\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/dc273559-d0da-4e10-9082-1d837abef1b8.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eight former nuns of the order of the Poor Clares of Belorado, who were excomunicated by the Vatican after separating from the Catholic Church, are fighting an attempt to evict them from the Santa Clara Monastery<\/p>\n<p>CESAR MANSO\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Incredible scenes show Sun playing peak-a-boo with spacecraft during eclipse\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/6498efd6-9cef-4fe8-88a4-c6b7b992efca.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nasa\u2019s solar dynamics observatory witnessed a rare double eclipse as first the moon and then Earth passed between its spacecraft and the sun<\/p>\n<p>SWNS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SNUnderwater\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\/9678a6bb-b8a0-4401-9f20-c0b6675fd703.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A puffin swims underwater in search for fish off the coast of the Farne Islands in Northumberland<\/p>\n<p>BRIAN MATTHEWS\/SOLENT NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">For more pictures from The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimes\/\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A buffalo calf meets a gentle rhino \u2014 and other news in pictures , The Times A \u201cFarmily&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-104140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114940852729728053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}