See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

The four-year-old, 477-pound pygmy hippopotamus moved to Houston from San Francisco and zookeepers as part of a breeding ...

Weighing in 477 pounds as a 4-year-old, the Houston Zoo welcomed an adorable hippo named Akobi to its exhibits.

The pygmy hippopotamus is one of two species belonging to the family hippopotamidae. There are several key differences ...

She wants to chew on everything including zookeeper limbs and her mom’s butt. Her name is Moo Deng (“Bouncy Pork”), she’s a baby pygmy hippo living in Thailand, and if you’ve so much as glanced at the ...

The Houston Zoo recently welcomed a four-and-a-half-year-old male pygmy hippopotamus to its exhibits, while jokingly throwing ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as ...

Moo Deng, the viral baby pygmy hippo, has inspired memes, merchandise and fan art. Now she’s driving a beauty trend: makeup that mimics that distinctive Moo Deng glow. Unless you’ve ignored ...

Hippo claims to provide modern home insurance for modern homes. Read our detailed guide to find out if it’s right for you. Rebekah Young is an editor with a decade of experience in educational ...

When baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng appeared on Molly Swindall’s social media feed for the first time, it was love at first sight. “I thought she was absolutely hysterical, and had a lot of fun ...