KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
VINCENT THIAN/AP PHOTO
For the past two years, Nuan Nuan, seen here on October 5, has been living under special care at the Giant Panda Conservation Center. But this eucalyptus-loving cuddle monster will soon be freed to her natural habitat in China’s Sichuan province. Her impending departure has been hard for her longtime caretaker, Dr. Mat Naim Ramli. “I took care of her at night,” he told The Straits Times. “I will visit her in China.”