Year in Pictures: Animals

From adorable macaques to wild horses, here are the best snaps of animals from 2014

<p>A three-month-old macaque bites its toe in front of a fan heater at a wildlife park in Kunming, Yunnan province, November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA &#8211; Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) &#8211; RTR4E382</p>

A three-month-old macaque bites its toe in front of a fan heater at a wildlife park in Kunming, Yunnan province, November 13, 2014. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA – Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) – RTR4E382

Every week, our photo editors curate the Week in Pictures series, a collection of some of the most stunning, moving, vivid, adorable and heartbreaking photos from the last seven days. As part of our Best of 2014 web series, we’ve assembled galleries of some of the best of those snaps. Here’s the most remarkable photos of animals, in all their wild—sometimes profoundly cute—glory:

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