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Burchell's zebra mother and foal in Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa by Richard Du Toit. Happy Mother's Day! On Mother's Day, we're looking at a Burchell's zebra mother and foal. An interesting fact that zebras can walk within 20 minutes of being born, but they still need help from mum. For the first two days after the foal is born, the mother will keep it close by and limit contact with other zebras, so the foal gets to know her by sight, smell and sound. Over the next year, the foal will follow its mother, learning what to eat, where to migrate in the dry and rainy seasons, and how to avoid predators. Those might not be the exact skills your mum taught you, but she surely played a part in your survival and growth - so be sure to wish her a happy Mother's Day today.

The interior of the Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt. It's not always sunny in Abu Simbel… …but when it is, it's pretty spectacular. This tiny lakeside settlement's Great Temple of Ramesses II was positioned on the orders of that powerful pharaoh so the inner sanctum (in this picture, that's the small room at the very back) is lit by the sun only twice a year. On February 22 and October 22 (thought to be Ramesses' coronation and birth dates, respectively), the first light of dawn illuminates the sanctuary and three statues within: one of Ramesses, one of the sun god Ra, and one of the chief god Amun. A fourth statue depicting the underworld figure Ptah is permanently shrouded in shadow. The temple is one of a pair resting on the man-made Lake Nasser's shores, the other honouring the pharaoh's wife Nefertari. When the Nile was dammed to create the lake in the 1960s, the whole complex was painstakingly moved to higher ground. While it...

Rhinos And An Oxpecker Bird Rhinos and an oxpecker bird in the Amakhala Game Reserve, South Africa. (© Robert Harding World Imagery/Offset)