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

A newborn zebra takes its first steps outside on the Savannah in ARTIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Grevy zebra is the most endangered of all zebra species. EPA

Giraffes look as a newborn zebra takes its first steps outside on the Savannah in ARTIS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. EPA

A handout photo made available by Colombian National Parks that shows loggerhead sea turtles hatch at the Tayrona National Park, in Santa Marta, Colombia. EPA

A butterfly sits on a plant in an enclosure at the Wilhelma zoological-botanical garden, in Stuttgart, Germany. EPA

Flying foxes hang in their enclosure at the Wilhelma zoological-botanical garden, in Stuttgart, Germany. EPA

A Grey Wolf is seen in the wild at the Lower Rhine wolf region of Schermbeck, Germany. EPA

Bendeguz, a one-year-old male red panda climbs a tree in their enclosure at the Budapest Zoo. EPA

A group of dams is in the Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen, Germany at a visitors' vehicle, from which two young girls look at the animals and stroke one of them. AP

Newborn Asian lion cubs next to their mother in their enclosure at the Bioparco zoo in Rome, Italy. EPA

A handout photo made available by Taipei Zoo shows the panda cub born at Taipei Zoo on 28 June in Taipei. EPA

A lemur jumps in the air with a piece of carrot in his mouth at the zoological park "Planete Sauvage" at Saint-Pere-en-Retz, on the outskirts of Nantes. AFP

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