SFGate: Day in Pictures
Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012
It takes so long to wash its neck: A newborn giraffe calf, around 6 feet tall at birth, is groomed by its mother Shahni at the zoo in Hanover, western Germany.
Look mom, I'm wearing a hoodie: A young sumatran orangutan wrapped in a sack has a carrot snack at the Berlin Zoo.
Those colors are so...you: Cucumber, a 4-year-old poodle, looks at visitors to a pet show in Bangkok.
Never too young for an arm tattoo: Boys of the Paresi tribe helps each dress in traditional wear at the Kari-Oca village during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Developmentin Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Are piercings really that sexy? A man wearing piercings poses during the first Sex Expo erotic exhibition in Caracas, Venezuela.
Don't let go above one of those spires: Nick Franklin of New Zealand performs a demo jump in front of the Blue Mosque to announce the third stage of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Istanbul.
Time for a scratch: A male gorilla grimaces in his enclosure at Berlin's zoo.
Rescued, then bored: Bella Jane, an American Bulldog who was rescued by Michele Anderson of Albany, N.Y., takes a break during an animal advocacy day event in Albany.
Look both ways, dragon: A child and woman walk past a dragon lantern at a public square in Jiuquan, China.
It also works as a slide: A child balances on a giant sculpture in Jiuquan, western China.
The jock of Chickamauga: Joshua Donavan, 10, swings upside down from his tire swing at his home in Chickamauga, Ga.
Purple haze: Kashmiri government employees demonstrate while riot police unleash a purple-dyed water cannon to disperse a protest in Srinagar. Dozens of state government employees seeking back wages and opposing a rise in the retirement age were detained.
Our team is smoking: Fans of Brazil's Santos cheer during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Brazil's Corinthians.
Their brains are filled with football anyway, so why shouldn't Euro 2012 fans make their heads into soccer balls?
Funhouse art: A woman poses with an untitled piece by British sculptor Anish Kapoor at Sotheby's auction house in London. The piece has an estimated value of between $622,000 and $932,000.
Let me out of here: An Amur leopard cub is weighed during his first physical at the zoo in Jacksonville, Fla.
Next is Golf for Gorillas: Kabisa, a 26-year-old black rhino at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, pushes paper mache bowling pins to highlight the annual Bowling for Rhinos fund-raising event.
Keep straight: Kevin Na tosses his club after hitting on the 16th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
You sure she can't uproot that tree? A park guard cautiously walks past seven-year old female elephant Ganga, who belongs to a Buddhist temple, at a park in Colombo, Sri Lanka.