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

This undated photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows a Mount Graham red squirrel in the Pinaleno Mountains of Arizona. AP

An Icelandic horse is surrounded by starlings as it grazes on the meadow of a stud in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, central Germany. AP

A superb parrot sits in its enclosure at the National Zoo in Canberra, Australia. EPA

A Bettong sits in its enclosure at the National Zoo in Canberra, Australia. EPA

A baby hippopotamus, rescued from a circus, is fed at the National Zoo of Managua, Nicaragua. EPA

Western lowland gorilla, Honi with daughter, Amani eat a birthday cake treat in celebration of Amani's third birthday at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia. AP

An undated handout picture made available by Zoo Berlin on 06 September 2019 shows female giant panda Meng Meng taking care of one of her two newborn panda twins at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. EPA

A black rhinoceros, also known as hook-lipped rhinoceros, enjoys some savoury carrots in its enclosure at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany. AFP

A grasshopper rests on a blossom in Berlin. Germany. AFP

Wild horses of the Konik breed, which were donated to Belarus as part of a programme to restore animals characteristic of the region, are seen in the republican landscape reserve "Nalibokskaya Pushcha", near the village of Rum, Belarus. Reuters

An Icelandic horse rolls on the ground as foals watch on the meadow of a stud in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, central Germany. AP

A bee collects pollen from a sunflower in Idaho Falls, Idaho. AP

Wading birds including Avocet, Lapwing, Redshank and Bar Tailed Godwits gather on a pond at the RSPB's Cliffe Pools reserve at sunset in London, England. Getty Images

Daphnis nerii, the Oleander Hawk-Moth or army green moth in Jerusalem. EPA

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