A giant snow sculpture supported by Sapporo Television Broadcasting representing the indigenous northern Japanese peoples Ainu creation myth Ainu Rakkur, is seen during the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo.
A small jungle has been inaugurated inside a French zoo near Paris, which resembles tropical rainforests. It shelters some of the world's most endangered animals.
Extremely rare giant panda twins have taken their first steps outside, six month after their birth at a Belgian zoo.
Tens of thousands of tourists have flocked to the snow festival in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo.
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