Cuteness overload: Animals from around the world

Freya, the seal, looks out of a basket prior to being released, on a beach, on the North Sea island of Juist, Germany. (Photo: AP)

A puffin chick is held before weighing and banding the bird on Eastern Egg Rock, off the coast of Maine. (Photo: AP)

Nineteen-month-old female panda cub plays with her mother in the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: AP)

Wild dog pups are seen cuddling together in this heart-warming photo. (Photo: AP)

Several lionesses can be seen resting on an acacia tree. (Photo: AP)

On of the panda cubs is hugged by its mother in the Animal Park. (Photo: AP)

Six-week old red panda cubs are held in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Hungary. (Photo: AP)

Praire dogs look on from their burrow at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado. (Photo: AP)

Three wolf pups have joined the pack in Lassen County in Northern California. The mother can be seen tending to her pups. (Photo: AP)