View image in fullscreenMaracay, VenezuelaVets feed baby white lion cubs at Las Delicias zoo. The Timbavati subspecies are considered endangered and the global population barely exceeds 100Photograph: Jacinto Oliveros/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenMexico City, MexicoMerlin the duck receives a kiss from Christian Gómez, son of the pet’s owner, in the National Palace after President Sheinbaum invited Merlin and his family to make him an official World Cup mascotPhotograph: José Méndez/EPAShareView image in fullscreenVan, TurkeyA visitor walks through the shallow waters