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Shimizu Keiryū Park, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, became a tourist destination when a 2015 Instagram post featured the cave’s enchanting effect of light, rock, and water. People describe the wondrous place as a real-life version of the kind of settings found in Japan’s Studio Ghibli’sanimated fantasy films, like Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

Baby giraffe standing underneath mother. South Luangwa, Zambia

Police officers aim their weapons during an operation against alleged drug traffickers in the Rocinha slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. According to the local news, at least nine people were injured, including several police officers, during the shootout. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

On Jong-un's strange little tour through the orphanage that was suspiciously lacking any signs of children and/or carpet stains, he took photos in a bedroom where someone had set up some stuffed toys on a dresser in a corner. Of course, these adorable plushies are in caught in a compromising position. Wink wink.

In a photo titled "Mom, do we always have to be the first ones at church?" three king penguins approach the only church on South Georgia Island, near Antarctica, appearing to be headed for services. By Carl Henry

Love under the stars: A couple of randy bears enjoy some not-so-secret nighttime fun in the snow while silhouetted by moonlight. The photograph was taken by Bence Mate in Harghita, Romania

Jim Kowalczik plays with Jimbo, a 1500-pound Kodiak bear, at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, N.Y., on Sept. 7. (Mike Groll/Associated Pres)

Puli Gin-Gin runs in the snow in its garden in Lautertal, southern Germany, on Jan. 5. Pulis are Hungarian sheepdogs and rarely seen in Germany. (Michael Probst/Associated Press)