Animals are the celebrities of social media. Whether cute, adorable or even silly, we are living in an age where animals are the true stars online. Take a look at AFP’s collection of the most popular animal-themed photos of 2016. Radio City Rockette Lauren Renck is nudged by a camel right before Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, blesses the animals in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, November 1, 2016 in New York.

A dog investigates a bear-skin rug, which has been seized by police, and is displayed on the "Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime" stand at the Chatsworth Country Fair in the grounds of Chatsworth House, near Bakewell in northern England on September 2, 2016.

A biker shows his 12-year-old cat "Chiquinho" -which always rides with him on his motorbike- in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 19, 2016.

This handout picture taken and released on June 2, 2016 by the Paira Daiza shows female Giant Panda Hao Hao holding her cub in her mouth at the Pairi Daiza zoological park in Belgium.

A picture taken on January 4, 2015 shows a murmuration of starlings performing their traditional dance fly before landing to sleep near the southern Israeli city of Rahat.

A Polar Bear mother named Cora and her three-month-old cub are seen at the zoo in Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic on March 17, 2016.