Banksy's London zoo recap: Seven artworks by the elusive street artist in seven days

On Sunday (11 August), street artist Banksy unveiled his seventh consecutive artwork of the week - swimming piranhas painted on to a 1990s City of London Police sentry box.

The public work, located on Ludgate Hill, near St Paul's Cathedral, was first spotted on Sunday morning and verified by the artist on social media.

Banksy's translucent fish form the seventh piece in a surprise animal-themed art series that started last week.

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While there has been wide speculation about the meaning of the project, Banksy has reportedly said his intention is to lift the public's spirit during a period when the news headlines have been bleak, as well as to highlight the human ability for creative play rather than destruction and negativity.

It began on Monday (6 August), when a goat, perched precariously on a ledge with rocks falling down below it, was unveiled by the artist.

Hot on the heels of his goat-themed work, Banksy dropped an image of another animal artwork on his Instagram page on Tuesday (6 August). This time, the animal silhouettes were two elephants in Chelsea, looking out at each other from blocked-out windows, their trunks almost touching.

Then came, three swinging monkeys across a railway bridge in Brick Lane, East London.

Thursday's contribution was a howling wolf on a satellite dish, positioned to look as if it were howling at the moon, installed on a garage roof in Peckham. However, within a few hours of its debut, the artwork was removed by masked individuals who scaled a ladder to retrieve the satellite dish.

On Friday, residents of Walthamstow discovered a pair of playful pelicans fishing above a fish and chip shop. Then on Saturday, a stencil of a cat stretching appeared on a