• A handout photo made available by Loro Parque Zoo shows orcas in captivity in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. EPA
    A handout photo made available by Loro Parque Zoo shows orcas in captivity in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. EPA
  • panish authorities try to remove a stranded whale at Gandia's port in Valencia, Spain. EPA
    panish authorities try to remove a stranded whale at Gandia's port in Valencia, Spain. EPA
  • Animal keepers are on their way to prepare rings on young storks in their nest on a tree in Cammin, Germany. AP
    Animal keepers are on their way to prepare rings on young storks in their nest on a tree in Cammin, Germany. AP
  • A butterfly sits on a plant in a field near the small Bavarian village of Alling, southern Germany. AFP
    A butterfly sits on a plant in a field near the small Bavarian village of Alling, southern Germany. AFP
  • A swan is pictured on the Landwehrkanal canal in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. AFP
    A swan is pictured on the Landwehrkanal canal in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. AFP
  • A one-month-old juvenile brown lemur variety found on the island of Mayotte (Eulemur fulvus mayottensis) clings on its mother in Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, northeastern Hungary. EPA
    A one-month-old juvenile brown lemur variety found on the island of Mayotte (Eulemur fulvus mayottensis) clings on its mother in Sosto Zoo in Nyiregyhaza, northeastern Hungary. EPA
  • A butterfly is seen on a flower on Mount Hymettus in Athens, Greece. Reuters
    A butterfly is seen on a flower on Mount Hymettus in Athens, Greece. Reuters
  • A zookeeper (unseen) spills water on Asian elephants at the zoo of Berlin, in order to refresh them as temperatures in the German capital reach some 33 degrees. AFP
    A zookeeper (unseen) spills water on Asian elephants at the zoo of Berlin, in order to refresh them as temperatures in the German capital reach some 33 degrees. AFP
  • A Japanese Macaque refreshes with an ice fruits in a BioParco zoo pool in Rome, Italy. Temperatures registered 38 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country. EPA
    A Japanese Macaque refreshes with an ice fruits in a BioParco zoo pool in Rome, Italy. Temperatures registered 38 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country. EPA
  • Lemurs refresh with an ice fruits in a BioParco zoo pool in Rome, Italy. Temperatures registered 38 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country. EPA
    Lemurs refresh with an ice fruits in a BioParco zoo pool in Rome, Italy. Temperatures registered 38 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country. EPA
  • An orang-utan plays with water at the zoo Schoenbrunn in Vienna, Austria. Europe is facing a heatwave with temperatures up to 40 degrees. AP
    An orang-utan plays with water at the zoo Schoenbrunn in Vienna, Austria. Europe is facing a heatwave with temperatures up to 40 degrees. AP
  • A crowned sifaka licks an ice cake in its enclosure at the zoo in Heidelberg, western Germany. AFP
    A crowned sifaka licks an ice cake in its enclosure at the zoo in Heidelberg, western Germany. AFP
  • Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) lick big blocks of ice candy, composed of a mix of vegetables frozen in ice, during warm temperatures at the Zoo in Erfurt, Germany. AP
    Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) lick big blocks of ice candy, composed of a mix of vegetables frozen in ice, during warm temperatures at the Zoo in Erfurt, Germany. AP
  • A herd of Deers stand in Baghdad Zoo, Iraq. AP
    A herd of Deers stand in Baghdad Zoo, Iraq. AP
  • Walrus "Polossa" inspects an ice cake filled with fish at the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany. AFP
    Walrus "Polossa" inspects an ice cake filled with fish at the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany. AFP
  • Polar bear "Milana" holds an ice cake with frozen fruit as she takes a bath in her pool at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany, where temperatures reached around 33 degrees Celsius. AFP
    Polar bear "Milana" holds an ice cake with frozen fruit as she takes a bath in her pool at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany, where temperatures reached around 33 degrees Celsius. AFP
  • A stork sits on a hay ball on a field in Bechingen, southern Germany. AP
    A stork sits on a hay ball on a field in Bechingen, southern Germany. AP
  • A jaguar cools off in the pool of the Bordeaux-Pessac Zoo in Pessac, southwestern France. AFP
    A jaguar cools off in the pool of the Bordeaux-Pessac Zoo in Pessac, southwestern France. AFP

Environment

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

The National

June 28, 2019

  • English
  • Arabic
Middle East and North AfricaWorld