Animals and people

This issue is dedicated to people and animals, their interaction, mutual assistance and mutual respect. Every day we, perhaps without noticing it, intersect with the lives of animals. Pets, zoos, farms, even simple walks in the city - animals surround us everywhere. As are people. Sometimes the meeting of man and animal can lead to tragedy, but - and we really hope so - our communication with our smaller brothers will give more positive results for both sides.

(Total 35 photos)

1. An employee of the St. Petersburg art cafe "Cat's Republic" kisses a cat named Duchess of the Don Sphynx breed. This cafe has an exhibition hall and a library where cats live. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)

2. Patrick, a Denver hospice dog, comes to Mary and Warren Rand, married for 71 years, Massachusetts, USA. (Suzanne Kreiter / Globe staff)

3. Veterinarian Elisabetta Coletti examines a dog during a house call in New York. (Kathy Willens/Associated Press)

4. A woman from Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, along with her dog, participates in a march for animals in downtown Beirut, 2012. (Bilal Hussein/Associated Press)

5. Gabriel Guallo of the Quechua tribe in Ecuador plans to break the world record by keeping 250 tarantulas on his body for 60 seconds. (Guillermo Granja/Reuters)

Chester Zoo veterinarian Gabby Drake examines a dormouse after it was microchip-introduced as part of a conservation project in North Wales. (Phil Noble/Reuters)

7. Newborn golfina turtle sits on the arm of a volunteer who will help her get to the ocean and protect her from predators, San Diego beach in La Libertad, El Salvador. (Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters)

8. A small hedgehog is fed cat food. (Wolfgang Kumm/AFP/GettyImages)

9. A tamed baby Tasmanian devil during the "National Day for the Protection of Endangered Animals" in Sydney, 2012. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)

10. Visitors to the amusement park are photographed with a snake during the celebration of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Akko, Israel, 2012. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

11. A US Army soldier strokes a pigeon while relaxing at an Afghan local police camp in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. (Erik De Castro/Reuters)

12. A man smokes a cigarette at a pagoda in Hokana, Lalitpur. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

13. Children consider chickens and quails prepared for sale, Mumbai. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

14. An Indian man from Calcutta sleeps next to stray dogs. (Saurabh Das/Associated Press)

15. A man does exercises surrounded by stray dogs near the temple of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu. (Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press)

16. A Catholic priest blesses pets during a ceremony for animals outside the Church of St. Francis in Lima. (Martin Mejia/Associated Press)

17. Hanzo, a four-year-old German boxer, catches a wave during the annual Surf City Surf Dog competition on Huntington Beach in California. (Joe Klamar/AFP/GettyImages)

18. Surfers wait for the wave along with the dolphins at Bondi Beach in Sydney. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)

19. Bavarian farmers transport their cows by boat on Lake Königzi. Before the onset of cold weather, farmers have to transport livestock from alpine meadows to the valley. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)

20. Children look at the sea lion at the zoo in Frankfurt. (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)

21. Zach Lehman, an insectarium employee at the Butterfly Park in Audubon, shows visitors the northern bear. (Kerry Maloney/Associated Press)

22. A Chinese woman rides a train with her pet jellyfish. (Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages)

23. Abandoned by the owners of the turtle crawls on the ruins of a destroyed house in old Homs, Syria. (Yazen Homsy/Reuters)

24. A dog named Negrito with a mouse on his back in Havana, Cuba. (Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press)

25. Rabbit overcomes an obstacle at the Animal Fair in Dresden. (Arno Burgi/AFP/GettyImages)

26. Elephant parade at the annual King's Cup elephant polo tournament in the southern Thai resort town of Hua Hin. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul / AFP / GettyImages)

27. A woman with a cat in front of animal rights posters, Istiklal, Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/GettyImages)

28. A woman with her dog Bruno at the grave of deceased pets in the pet cemetery in Nowy Konik, Poland. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/GettyImages)

29. Barbara Schmidt bakes dog biscuits in the form of bones, Boise, Idaho. (Darin Oswald / The Idaho Statesman / Associated Press)

30. Giant panda cub Taotao and employees of the Wolong National Reserve in panda costumes (this is done to completely eliminate the human factor in raising cubs) in Sichuan, China. (China Daily/Reuters)

31. A four-legged participant in the final of the most popular TV show in Dakar, "This Sheep", which selects the best sheep in the country, Senegal. (Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press)

32. A puppy tries to escape from a bath at the Tierra de Animales animal shelter, where abandoned or abused dogs end up, Cancun. (Victor Ruiz Garcia/Reuters)

33. A horse dressed up to participate in a traditional Indian wedding, which will pass through the streets of the city, accompanied by a brass band, New Delhi. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)

34. Dachshund named Pepper in a turtle costume at the Halloween dog parade, Tompkins Square, New York. (John Moore/Getty Images)

35. Sphynx cats Refil (left) and Madeline at an exhibition in New York. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)