The David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage takes in juvenile elephants (Loxodonta africana) orphaned by ivory poachers, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Rehabilitated orphaned chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) released back into natural habitat, Parc de la Lekedi, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon, Africa

Rehabilitated orphaned western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) released back into natural habitat, Parc de la Lekedi, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon, Africa

Rehabilitated orphaned chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) released back into natural habitat, Parc de la Lekedi, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon, Africa

Rehabilitated orphaned western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) released back into natural habitat, Parc de la Lekedi, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon, Africa

Tourist man holding orphaned baby kangaroo at sunset in Australian Outback, Red Center, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Ithuba, white rhino calf (Ceratotherium simum) orphaned by poaching, Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Orphaned or abused chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from West and Central Africa at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Aboriginal children caring for an orphaned baby kangaroo (joey), Nyinyikay Homeland, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

CAMBODIA Khoun Sokhoun, 44, former garbage scavenger, now maker of hats from recycled plastic bags and other items from recycled paper, benefciary of project run by local NGO CSARO which works with waste collectors in Phnom Penh. Seen here with her sons and orphaned nephews

CAMBODIA Khoun Sokhoun, 44, former garbage scavenger, now maker of hats from recycled plastic bags and other items from recycled paper, benefciary of project run by local NGO CSARO which works with waste collectors in Phnom Penh. Seen here with her sons and orphaned nephews

CAMBODIA Khoun Sokhoun, 44, former garbage scavenger, now maker of hats from recycled plastic bags and other items from recycled paper, benefciary of project run by local NGO CSARO which works with waste collectors in Phnom Penh. Seen here with her sons and orphaned nephews

Orphaned baby black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) approximately 4 weeks old, asleep in hand, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Orphaned baby black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) resting after feed, approximately 4 weeks old, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Orphaned male swamp wallaby joey (Wallabia bicolor) five months old resting in artificial pouch, Eungella, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Orphaned baby black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) being fed, approximately 12 days old, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Bloko del Valle music band in Anidan ChildrenǃÙs House NGO in Lamu, Kenya. This NGO is created for kenyan orphaned, abused or homeless children.

OVC (orphans & vulnerable children) feeding program run by WOFAK (Women Fighting Aids in Kenya)

Father and half-orphaned child, HIV/AIDS infected, Cameroon, Africa

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) on the beach, howler, Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Worker bottle-feeding an orphaned African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya

Worker bottle-feeding an orphaned African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya