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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  A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira looks up in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. AP Photo

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  Japanese monkeys soak in a hot spring at a Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate, northern Japan. AP

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  A sparrowhawk perched on a tree branch during snowfall near Pomaz, northern Hungary. EPA

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  Polar bear Hertha plays with ice during Hertha's first birthday event at the zoo Tierpark Berlin, in Berlin, Germany. Hertha was born on 01 December 2018 and has been named Hertha after the capital's football club Hertha BSC. EPA

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  Peacocks 'pose' for the photographer as they walk through the Cristina Enea park in San Sebastian, northern Spain. EPA

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  Peacocks 'pose' for the photographer as they walk through the Cristina Enea park in San Sebastian, northern Spain. EPA

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  epa08041369 A hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) with her youngster in their enclosure at zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany, 03 December 2019. EPA/RONALD WITTEK

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  A blue poison dart frog sit in its enclosure at zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

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  A cottontop tamarin sits in its enclosure at a zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

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  A parrot is carried by a Palestinian man during a tour in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

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  A Palestinian man carries a lion cub as he shows it to children in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

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  A superb fruit dove in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

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  Sparrows in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

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  A lesser flamingo in its enclosure at zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany. EPA

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