This week in wildlife - the best pictures of animals around the world

Take a look at some of the best images of wildlife from the past week

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  Giant Galapagos tortoise Hugo at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales, Australia. EPA

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  A pair of baby elephants with their mother at the Minneriya National Park, north-east of Colombo in Sri Lanka. AFP

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  Orphaned grizzly bear cubs play at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, in Aldergrove, BC, Canada. The Canadian Press via AP

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  A moose crosses the road on Muddy Pass near Vail, Colorado, USA. Vail Daily via AP

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  A Parma wallaby is seen in its enclosure in the Budapest Zoo, Hungary. EPA

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  A macaque rests after a splash in a rainwater puddle formed on the tarpaulin of a roadside stall in Dharmsala, India. AP Photo

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  A polar bear rests in the entrance of its enclosure in the Zoo in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo

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  A sea lion yawns as it rest in its enclosure in the Zoo in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo

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  A baby panda sleeps in an enclosure at the Zoo Berlin, Germany. EPA

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  A deer feeds next to a bikeway in the Yosemite National Park, California, USA. AFP

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  A European Hamster, a species now listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, looks out of a hole. IUCN via AP

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  A Humboldt penguin at the The Maritime Museum in Klaipeda, Lithuania. EPA

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  An Andean bear cools off in a pool at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP

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  A group of Temminck's Red Colobus sits on a tree. IUCN via AP

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  A Przewalski's horse drives flies off the face of another horse with its tail in an enclosure in K'nigsbrunn, Germany. dpa via AP

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  Male koala Alfie eats leaves at Wild Life Sydney Zoo, Australia. EPA

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  A loggerhead sea turtle swims in the Oceonografic aquarium in Valencia, Spain. EPA

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  Flamingos gather at Dubai Creek in Dubai. AFP

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  Flamingos stand together in their enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany. AFP

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  Gulls interact on the pond near the village of Vyazyn, in Belarus. AP Photo

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  White rhino Tanda and its two-month-old female calf Ushindi are seen at the Lewa Savanne enclosure at Zoo Zurich in Switzerland. Reuters

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  An insect collects pollen from the flower of a thistle in Unna, western Germany. AFP

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  A young goldfinch sits on a thistle in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. dpa via AP

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  A herd of American bison grazes near Wright, Wyoming, USA. EPA

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  Zebras graze under the bridge of the Standard Gauge Railway line, inside the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters

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