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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  Elephants walk in a forested area near a railway track at Panbari village, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. More then 30 wild elephants and their calves came out from nearby Amchang wildlife sanctuary and crossed a railway track in search of food in Panbari village Monday night. Wildlife activists say human encroachment in the forests of northeast India have forced elephants out of their natural habitats, triggering conflicts with locals. AP Photo

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  A herd of wild elephants look for food in a forested area near a railway track at Panbari village, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. AP Photo

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  A baby langur looks at its mother from her lap on an oak tree in Dharmsala, India. AP Photo

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  Lion mother Kiara plays with one of her three white lion cubs in their enclosure at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. AP Photo

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  Lion mother Kiara stands besides her three white lion cubs, one male and two female, in their enclosure at the zoo in Magdeburg, Germany. AP Photo

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  A greater adjutant stork gulps a snake in a wetland in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts in Gauhati, India. AP Photo

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  A mhorr gazelle calf rests next to its mother in Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary. EPA

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  Baby orangutans recently confiscated by Gunung Leuser National Park officers from illegal owners sit inside a cage as they wait to be transported to a rehabilitation center, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AP Photo

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  A mother langur sits with her baby on an oak tree in Dharmsala, India.AP Photo

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  A cormorant bird spreads its wings next to migratory birds in a wetland in Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts in Gauhati, India. AP Photo

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  A veterinarian tends to a koala rescued from an area affected by wildfires on board a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) triage van in Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Australia. Bloomberg

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  Mahouts and forest rangers bathe their elephants at Mila Pidie Conservation Response Unit (CRU) in Pidie District, Sumatra, Indonesia. The Elephant Patrol, a joint project between the Aceh Natural Resource Agency and the CRU, uses rangers riding trained elephants to push back wild ones posing a threat to human settlements in the forest. EPA

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