For 2013, 20 cute animals and 13 animals so ugly they’re cute
King penguins parade at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, in November 2013. (Ennio Leanza / EPA)
Cute is in the eye of the beholder. These 33 animal photos vary from assuredly cute to arguably cute.
See more: 16 of 2013’s weirdest photos.
A baby bear checks out the ostriches at a zoo in Stavropol, Russia. (Danil Semyonov / AFP)
Mick, of “Dog With a Blog” on Disney Channel, and Billy Ray Cyrus attend the 2013 Hollywood Christmas Parade. (Michael Nelson / EPA)
A squirrel monkey looks in a mirror at the London Zoo. (Adrian Dennis / AFP/Getty Images)
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Puppies at a Bucharest shelter. Romania is plagued by tens of thousands of street dogs. (Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press)
A Nepalese woman carries a dog, decorated with vermillion, in her bag after performing rituals during Tihar festival celebrations in Katmandu, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / Associated Press)
A male koala at the Los Angeles Zoo prepares to woo the ladies with a low-pitched croon provided by an extra set of vocal cords. (Joe Klamar / AFP/Getty Images)
A Yorkshire terrier is fully brushed for an appearance before judges at a dog show in central Spain. (Paul White / Associated Press)
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A young visitor looks at 2-year-old polar bear Luka, swimming in a pool at a zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, in fall 2013. (Roland Weihrauch / AFP/Getty Images)
A dog dressed as a Zoltar fortune-telling machine participates in the 2013 Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City. (Timothy Clary / AFP/Getty Images)
A Palestinian boy plays with a duck. (Mohammed Abed / AFP/Getty Images)
Pet dog Little is placed on the back of pet tiger Tom at a home in Maringa, Brazil. (Renata Brito / Associated Press)
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A Southern right whale breaches near the shore of Muizenberg Beach in False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. (Jennifer Bruce / AFP/Getty Images)
A kitten sits on the roof of a house covered with volcanic ash after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung in November 2013. (Binsar Bakkara / Associated Press)
A butterfly rests on a branch, during a preview visit of the butterfly conservatory at the American Natural History Museum in New York. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)
Bonobo baby Kasai climbs in a zoo in Leipzig, Germany. The baby was born in January 2013. (Hendrik Schmidt / AFP)
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A Eurasian red squirrel darts along a stone wall in the Kielder Forest in northeastern England. (Owen Humphreys / Associated Press)
A baby elephant wraps its trunk around its grazing mother’s tusk as they move across a plain in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. (Steve Stroud / Los Angeles Times)
A zookeeper holds a fat, muddy bullfrog at the London Zoo. (Ben Stansall / AFP/Getty Images)
A baby white handed gibbon, which is a small ape with no tail and shaggy fur. (Matt Rourke / Associated Press)
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Yakini, on the cusp of becoming a full-grown silverback gorilla, celebrates his 14th birthday at Werribee Open Range Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, in November 2013. (Julian Smith / EPA)
The eyes are the thing with lemurs. This black-and-white ruffed lemur frolics in his enclosure at a zoo in Wroclaw, Poland. (Janek Skarzynski / AFP/Getty Images)
A camel waits to be sold at a farmers fair in the Indian village of Kanachack. (Channi Anand / Associated Press)
An Olive Ridley sea turtle arrives to spawn during a nesting at Ixtapilla beach on the Pacific coast of Michoacan state, Mexico. (Hector Guerrero / AFP/Getty Images)
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Pigs on a farm in the village of Gangzhong in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. (Peter Parks / AFP/Getty Images)
With its hairless rump and rock-star mane, the Chinese Crested is a peculiar looking animal. This one gets its hair styled at a dog show in Hanover, Germany. (Peter Steffen / AFP/Getty Images)