Tbilisi floods: Hippo roams free
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Tbilisi floods: Hippo roams free

Published 0956 GMT (1756 HKT) June 14, 2015
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A hippopotamus walks along a flooded street in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 14, 2015. The flooding also spread to the city's zoo, causing wolves, bears, big cats and a hippopotamus to escape and roam parts of the city.
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Local residents push a hippopotamus along the street. Some animals have been re-captured and others killed, according to the news agency, Civil.ge. BESO GULASHVILI/AFP/Getty Images
Officials are still searching for escaped animals. Georgia's Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, asked residents to stay home while the creatures are rounded up. Getty Images