Good News Photos

• Jamala cleans her new baby "Stretch McCovey" at Safari West wild animal preserve in Santa Rosa, Calif. on March 6. The baby Masai giraffe was the 14th giraffe born at the preserve.
  
  
  

  John Burgess, The Press Democrat / AP

• The New York Botanical Garden's eighth annual Orchid Show, Cuba in Flower, features thousands of colorful orchids. Here the Amaranth is shown in full bloom on March 4.
  
  
  

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• Polar bears Knut, left, and Giovanna cuddle at the Berlin Zoo on March 4. Giovanna is on loan for several months from a zoo in Munich.
  
  
  

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• Daniel Charbonnier and his wife Samira Singhvi-Charbonnier pose in the 'Zero Star Hotel' on March 4, in St Gallen, Switzerland. The hotel a Swiss nuclear bunker converted into an 'eco-luxury' hotel that can host 14 guests. The hotel offers an economically viable alternative to travelers as well as being ecologically sustainable.
  
  
  

  Johannes Simon, Getty Images

• An Indian military drummer waits for the start of the International Military Music festival in New Delhi, India, on March 3. Military bands from Bangladesh, France, Nepal, Sri Lanka, England and India participate in the festival.
  
  
  

  Manish Swarup, AP

• Children play a game on a touch-sensitive digital table at the Microsoft Digital Classroom at the CeBIT Technology Fair in Hannover, Germany, on March 2.
  
  
  

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• Surfers from around the world flocked to ride the Severn bore, a natural tidal phenomenon that pushes 4-feet waves up the Severn Estuary in Gloucestershire, England, on March 2. The phenomenon takes place during the Spring and Autumn equinox.
  
  
  

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• Boys with their faces smeared with colored powder greet a passerby during Holi festivities in Mumbai, India, March 1. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, heralds the coming of Spring.
  
  
  

  Rafiq Maqbool, AP

• Buddhist monks pray during the Lantern Festival at the Dafo Temple in Emeishan, China on Feb. 27. The lantern festival marks the last day of the Chinese lunar new year celebrations.
  
  
  

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• One-month-old lion cubs make their first public appearance at the Ramat Gan Zoo near Tel Aviv on Feb. 21.
  
  
  

  Jonathan Nackstrand, AFP / Getty Images