The 15 most amazing animal photos from 2019

Here, a native Peruvian woman dressed in traditional garb poses happily with her handsome white llama alpaca. The image was taken in the Sacred Valley near Cusco.

Three Macaque monkeys perch atop the Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal overlooking the city and its hills, photographed by Ivan Dunsmore. The temple is also commonly known as the “Monkey Temple,” and you can probably guess why.

The leopard is known for its fiery and intimidating personality, and this photograph of an adult male leopard by Sourabh Bharti captures that personality perfectly. This image was taken in the Jhalana forest reserve in Jaipur, India.

An older man in Bogor West Java, Indonesia, looks up to his horse. It’s an intimate moment made more dazzling by early morning light cutting through a hazy dew.

This serene image taken by Jam Travels depicts a flock of pale pink flamingos happily feeding at a lake in Bolivia’s Uyuni Salt Flats. The blue mountains in the distance and creamy golden foreground add an element of magic. If you’ve ever wondered why flamingos are pink, the answer may surprise you.

In June 2019, an endangered orangutan from Kalimantan, Indonesia was successfully bred at a zoo in Yogyakarta. Here the orangutan was photographed, by Savira Aryati Batubara, with its wild-haired baby.

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