Loyal and Fearless: World Celebrates International Dog Day

There are a lot of dogs who save lives and help people, and some of them are great companions, happy to cheer you up at any moment. So if you got a pooch, give it a treat - because canines definitely deserve that!

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A member of the Hong Kong police dog unit poses for local photographers 05 September near the new Convention Center extension during a security sweep exercise prior to the opening of the IMF/World Bank meeting this month. As with the incredibly tight security during the handover ceremonies earlier this summer, police and security units are combing the meeting site for explosives.

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A young Vietnamese boy holds a dog in his arms on the streets of Kuong Tung, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War in 1967.

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Soviet specialists and their dogs searching for mines at a plant in Budapest, Hungary.

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Guemart Limited Edition, a Yorkshire Terrier from Mexico City, is groomed by Jesus Guerrero backstage prior to competition in the 131st Westminster dog show Monday Feb.12, 2007 at Madison Square Garden in New York. 2,628 dogs are entered for competition in the Westminster Kennel Club show which runs through Tuesday.

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Liz Rice escapes from the heat with Jack, whom she adopted from the Anti-Cruelty Society, by taking a swim at the dog beach on Lake Michigan in Chicago 29 July. A heat emergency has been called for Chicago 30 July with the heat index expected to rise around 105 degrees Farenheit (36 Celsius).

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British soldiers with rescue dogs search for victims amongst a ruined building after an air raid on London during The Blitz in 1941.

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A motorcycle driver and his eye-goggled-dog race past the chapel where Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman is set to marry country music star Keith Urban in Sydney on June 25, 2006. Several thousand people lined the street for a chance to glimpse Kidman and Urban.

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An educator from the French Federation of Guide Dog Associations for the Blind (FFAC) walks with a guide dog in Paris, September 07, 2011.

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A baby looks at puppies on August 21, 1949 at the dogs and cats market of the Porte Brancion in Paris, as a baby looks on.

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A government soldier befriends a stray puppy before heading into battle against resistance fighters loyal to Cambodia's ousted co-premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh Saturday, Aug. 9, 1997 near Khtum, close to Cambodian northern border with Thailand.

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A small South Korean girl reaches fearlessly for one of two huge British bull dogs at a dog show-cum-auction in a department store in Seoul's upscale southern suburbs 23 October.

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An avalanche rescue dog discovers a person buried under the snow on January 22, 2009, during a training session at the Peak of Puigmal at the Spain-France border.

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A Soviet soldier bids farewell to a service dog amid the withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan.

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Leanna Arcila, 7, is licked by Watson, a therapy dog with the Pawtucket police department, as she receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Eugenio Fernandez at Nathanael Greene Elementary School in Pawtucket, R.I., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Even as the U.S. reaches a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully-vaccinated people, infections and hospitalizations are spiking, including in highly-vaccinated pockets of the country like New England.

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A 1961 photo shows a boy looking at a dog sticking its head out from the fence.