SFGate: Day in Pictures

Friday, Jun. 15, 2012

Massive belly flop: Vicks the polar bear isn't worried about style points as he jumps in the pool at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Quick shower: Here's fun-loving Vicks again, this time playing with a plastic bowl.

Furries flock: Anthrocon, the world's largest convention for people who dress and assume the roles of fictional animal characters, is drawing 5,000 participants to downtown Pittsburgh.

Munching in Muncie: A mother house wren feeds her young nested in a gourd hanging in front of a house in Muncie, Ind.

Sealed with a kiss: Connecticut conservation officer Holly Bernier gets a friendly lick from her K-9 partner Saydee after they graduate into department service in Old Lyme, Conn. She is one of several rescue Labradors trained for use in search-and-rescue operations at state parks and forests and in evidence recovery.

Juiced up for his trip: Jordan Schaul, a conservation biologist, sprays orange juice for Taquoka to lap. Taquoka, a 2-year-old male brown bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage, Alaska, began a trip to his new home in Sweden.

When does my horn start growing? Tanda the rhinoceros and her four-hour-old baby are seen at the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv.

A lot of living ahead: An adult and four baby Sulcata tortoises enjoy time on the grass at SeaWorld San Diego. The adult, named Buster, is about 20 years old, and the young ones are just under a year old. Sulcata tortoises are native to northern Africa and can live to be 100.

Hold on to your headdress: A Brazilian Pataxo native stands by to take part in the green games at the Kari-Oca native village as part of the UN Rio+20 environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Is it over yet? An indigenous girl yawns during a ceremony at the Kari-Oca village during Rio+20.

Fan with a flare: A Croatian fan lights a torch at the central square in Poznan, Poland, prior to Croatia's Euro 2012 draw with Italy.

A new superhero? A Spanish fan cheers prior to the beginning of Spain-Ireland soccer match at Euro 2012.

A different kind of mask: A masked man protests in front of the Bank of Mexico building in Mexico City ahead of the G-20 Summit to be held in Los Cabos.

Up, up and away with capitalism: An Oxfam activist in Mexico City wearing a mask depicting President Barack Obama protests economic inequality.

Profile: President Obama is silhouetted against a light as he speaks on the economy during a campaign event at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.

iPhone pet: A model holds Japanese toy maker Bandai's Smartpet robot dog attached with an iPhone on its face during the International Tokyo Toy Show. The Smartpet reacts to touchscreen actions with more than 100 facial expressions in addition to walking and other movements.

Hot fun: Maggi Peyton, 6, and her babysitter Emily Rogers, who's holding Maggi's dog Ginger, have fun swinging at a playground in Huntsville, Ala.

Big backdrop: Freedom Polacco, 12, skateboards in front of a fountain in downtown Honesdale, Pa.

Arched rivals: Swimmers start a women's 100 meter backstroke heat at the Settecolli meet in Rome.

London calling: Decorated replica K6 kiosk telephone boxes are on display in Trafalgar Square in London. The transformed replicas of Britain's classic red phone boxes were installed as part of an art campaign.

Milestone: Female Bangladeshi mountaineer Wasfia Nazreen descends on the lonely Lhotse face on Mount Everest. Nazreen, 29, became the second Bangladeshi woman to summit the world's tallest mountain on May 26. She is climbing the highest peak on each of the continents to celebrate 40 years of Bangladeshi independence.

The kid on the right has the best skimming technique: Members of the Lozano family throw stones into the water from the beach at Point Woronzof in Anchorage, Alaska.