The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Vienna, Austria: A baby sloth eats some salad as it hangs on to its mother’s belly in their enclosure at Schönbrunn zoo. Photo: Daniel Zupanc/AFP/Getty Images.

The Man Who Lived Twice

Left-leaning Alexander van der Bellen wins in the re-run of Austria’s presidential election, once again defeating far-right candidate Norbert Hofer. Alexander even increased his lead over the far-right candidate by a significant margin from the original vote in May, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court of Austria on July 1, a week before he was to take office.

Alexander van der Bellen’s supporters celebrate in Vienna, one holding a sign that reads “thank God”. Photo: Roland Schlager/AFP/Getty Images.

Far From Home

Vienna, Austria: A giant panda twin cub is weighed at Schönbrunn zoo. Photo: Reuters.

Smile for the Camera

Salzburg, Austria: A hungry cow smiles for the camera. One of a series of funny animal mugshots taken by Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger during their travels around the globe. Photo: Rex/Shutterstock.

Green Light

Alexander van der Bellen, a former Green party leader running as independent, beats the Freedom party’s Norbert Hofer A leftwing, independent candidate has narrowly prevented Austria from becoming the first EU country to elect a far-right head of state after a knife-edge contest ended with his opponent conceding defeat. [Read more].

• Kate Konnolly and John Henley, Far-right candidate narrowly defeated in Austrian presidential election, The Guardian, May 23, 2016

Alexander van der Bellen waves to supporters at the Palais Auersperg after the Austrian presidential elections runoff. Photo: Florian Wieser/EPA.

Equal opportunity

Sentilj, Slovenia: A boy waits to cross the border between Slovenia and Austria. Photo: Ronald Zak/AP.

Bread and Roses

A young girl carries buns for her family in an emergency centre for refugees in Hanging, western Austria. Photo: Peter Kneffel/EPA.

Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas

Migrants walking out of Budapest, Hungary, in the direction of Vienna, Austria. Photo: Frank Augstein/AP.

• John Henley, Hungary closes Serbian border crossing as refugees make for Austria on foot, The Guardian, September 4, 2015