BEIJING, May 16 — From an escaped ostrich dashing down the roads of China’s Foshan city to drought-affected elephants and giraffes up for sale in Zimbabwe — the week’s top animal stories from around the globe. Vanessa Johnston reporters. — Reuters

A keeper sprinkles water on orphaned baby elephants at the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage within the Nairobi National Park, near Kenya’s capital Nairobi October 15, 2014. — Reuters pic