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

Three European bee-eaters in combat on a branch in Lambsheim, Germany. In the past few years, this summer bird has been able to expand and at least 239 pairs have established themselves in the German state. The bee-eater is about 28 cm in size and is one of the most colorful birds in Europe. EPA

Young meerkats play together in their enclosure in the zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

Fungi the Giant Panada is seen at the Adelaide Zoo, South Australia. EPA

An orangutan trying to keep warm with a blanket is seen at the Adelaide Zoo, South Australia. EPA

An Asian elephant gets a shower in her enclosure in the zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

An African Lion is seen at the Adelaide Zoo, South Australia. EPA

A pair of white tiger cubs play, at the Nicaragua Zoo, in Managua, Nicaragua, 28 May 2019. EPA

A bee drinks from a fountain in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on May 27, 2019. AFP

Wild horses during the 'Wildpferdefang' (wild horses roundup) at the Merfelder Bruch near Duelmen, Germany. The herd of wild horses of the Merfelder Bruch was first known in the early 14th century. Once a year the herd is rounded up to select the one year old stallions EPA

A black rhino calf and its mother are seen at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia national park near Nanyuki, Kenya, May 22, 2019. Reuters

"Halime" a female white tiger and Osman a Male white tiger of five months old and brought from Mexico are pictured resting at the National Zoo of Masaya about 16km from Managua, Nicaragua on May 27, 2019. AFP

A zoo worker shows a jaguar cub during a media tour at Altiplano Zoo in Tlaxcala near, Mexico City, Mexico May 24, 2019. Reuters

Black grouses parade on snow during the spring courtship period in the Villars-sur-Ollon area, Switzerland. EPA

A bird grabs a drink on a hot day near the west bank city of Nablus. EPA

A one horned baby Rhino grazing with its mother in the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. AP Photo

Two ladybugs (Coccinellidae) couple on a warm spring Monday. AP Photo

A rehabilitated eagle launches off a roof of a house while a mockingbird harasses it, after it was released in a suburban New Orleans driveway, near its original nest. AP Photo

A stork flies over a pasture near Penzberg, Germany. EPA

A three-week black howler monkey with its mother in their enclosure at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland. EPA

A young northern hawk-owl in its enclosure at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland, 28 May 2019. EPA

A pollen-laden Italian honeybee in a bee lawn near Langley, Washington. Bee lawns are turf grasses blended with low-growing perennials that bloom again after mowing. Dandelions may be considered weeds by fastidious lawn managers but they bloom early in spring when little else is flowering and are favored by foraging pollinators. AP

A newborn orangutan is pictured at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park, a zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, Belgium. Reuters

Newborn ostrich chicks are kept under a heating light at the Trung Kien Ostrich Farm in Dong Trach village, Hai Duong province, Vietnam. Vietnam is encouraging a greater number of pig farmers to expand production to other livestock to mitigate against disease. Bloomberg

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