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 Flamboyance of Flamingos crowd together on Lake Bogoria, Kenya. Reuters

Two Siamese fighting fish also known as Plakad or Betta fish swim in adjacent aquariums at the International Plakad Competition in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP

The orangutan baby "Batu" hangs in the arms of its mother "Toba" who is eating coconuts in the enclosure of the zoo in Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany. dpa via AP

Thailand's oldest hippopotamus, "Mae Mali", is seen during her 55th birthday party at Khao Kheow zoo in Chon Buri, Thailand. Reuters

A Western Grey Giant Kangaroo (macropus fuliginosus) has a joey in her pouch at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland. EPA

A young lesser kudu is seen in its enclosure at the zoo in Lodz, central Poland. EPA

Newly born Barbary lion cubs play inside their enclosure at Dvur Kralove Zoo in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic. Reuters

A horse stands in a field in Eswars, France. Reuters

A sparrowhawk sits on a twig at Lake Yojoa, largest natural lake in Honduras, in Santa Cruz de Yojoa municipality. AFP

Cormorants sit on a tree submerged in lake Baringo, Kenya. Reuters

A lion is seen in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. AP Photo

Visitors feed monkeys at the Buddhist cave temple on Khao Chakan mountain in the eastern Thai province of Sa Kaeo. AFP

A seal swims in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, USA. AFP

Ahava, left, a three-month-old snow leopard cub, plays in an enclosure with her mother Malaya at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinpis, USA. Chicago Zoological Society via AP

A young red panda is seen in its enclosure at the zoo in Lodz, central Poland. EPA

A horse grazes in a meadow in the park of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin reserve outside the city of Pushkinskiye Gory, Pskov region. AFP

A herd of wild horses gallop on the Srinagar-Leh highway, north-east of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. AP Photo

A macaw looks to land on an antenna for food, in Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo

A 50-day-old female panda is held by her mother, seven-year-old giant panda Ai Bao, at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea. EPA

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