A giant panda cub plays at Shenshuping Panda Base of China Conservation and Research Center on Feb. 3 in the Sichuan Province of China.
This Week in Animals, Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Fun in the snow and a close bond between man and bird highlight the week in animal photos.

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A dog sits in Times Square in New York during a winter storm on Feb. 1.
Nubian ibexes walk in a street during a national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in the southern Israeli city of Mitzpe Ramonon on Feb. 4.
A lion cub is vaccinated against cat and sneezing disease at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, on Feb. 4.
A cat plays in snow on Jan. 30 in Brandenburg, Germany.
An alpaca looks on at the Men's Gundersen Normal Hill 15km event of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria, on Jan. 31.
Recep Mirzan, a retired postman, spends time with his friend swan Garip in Edirne, Turkey, on Jan. 31. Mirzan saved and healed Garip when she was injured during his delivery to a village while he was as...
Official handler AJ Dereume and Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog, work a Zoom call with schoolchildren on Feb. 1 in Punxsutawney, Pa. Phil emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow,...
A dog walks near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Feb. 2.
An estuarine crocodile is seen at a mangrove forest of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in Singapore on Feb 2.
Alpacas graze in a snow-covered field in Harwood, England, on Feb. 3.
A common kestrel eats a mouse at the Tempelhofer Feld park in Berlin on Feb. 1.