World Turtle Day, sponsored by the American Tortoise Rescue organization since 2000, is celebrated across the world on May 23. The idea is to spread knowledge of turtles and tortoises around the world, as well as to encourage people to help these creatures survive.
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Baby green turtles crawl to the sea after being hatched and released at a turtle sanctuary on Sukamade island in Banyuwangi regency, East Java province.
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A newborn Giant Galapagos tortoise (L) is shown next to an adult one in the Zurich zoo.
Two loggerhead sea turtles are seen at the Meeresmuseum sea museum in Stralsund, northeastern Germany. March 5, 2015
A diver dressed as Father Christmas feeds a turtle inside an aquarium during a show at Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur.
A zookeeper weighs an Aldabra giant tortoise at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam.
A 5 year old steppe turtle with two heads and six paws is held up for a photograph at the Science History Museum in Kiev.
Members of the Kuwait Environment Protection Society ready to release a green sea turtle that was previously rescued from a fishing trap, at the Jumairah Beach Hotel and Spa in Kuwait City.
A brown booby perches on an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle near Los Cobanos beach, to the west of San Salvador.
New born leopard turtles are held by a zoo keeper in the zoo park of Szeged.
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A dog walks past a huge leatherback sea turtle which crawled onto Grande Riviere Trinidad beach to lay eggs.
An Indian shopkeeper holds a baby red eared slider turtle in Ahmedabad.
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A turtle is carried by rangers in Pinta Island, northern waters of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
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Reptile manager Paula Swanson sprays down Jake, a Galapagos tortoise, at the Phoenix Zoo.
