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

A young Leaf-Tailed Gecko sits on a hand in Wroclaw's Zoo, in Wroclaw, western Poland. Leaf-Tailed Geckos are endemic to Madagascar and its coastal islands. EPA

An undated handout picture made available by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in South Australia shows a mob of Kangaroos surrounded by burnt bushland on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.. EPA

Lemurs gather at feeding time at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AP Photo

Fito, a six-month-old giraffe born in captivity, approaches the camera inside his enclosure at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AP Photo

A lion takes a sun bath at the zoo in Wojciechow near Lublin, eastern Poland. EPA

A newborn chimpanzee walks outside with mother Pepa in Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands. EPA

The shadow of Fito, a six-month-old giraffe born in captivity, stands inside his enclosure at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AP Photo

A view of Red-crowned cranes in the Zoo Safari park in Borysew, Poland. EPA

Veterinarian Natalia Zawisza, feeding and playing with a seal named 'Dawid' in the Zoo Safari, Borysew, central Poland. EPA

A white kangaroo in the Zoo Safari, Borysew, central Poland. EPA

Camels in the Zoo Safari, Borysew, central Poland. EPA

White lions in the Zoo Safari, Borysew, central Poland. EPA

White Bengal tigers, in the Zoo Safari, Borysew, Poland. EPA

Black-winged stilts look for food at the wetland of Nea Kios, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Greece. EPA

Black-winged stilts look for food at the wetland of Nea Kios, Nafplio, Peloponnese, Greece. EPA

A white-handed gibbon enjoys the sunshine in their enclosure at the Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. EPA

A Yemen chameleon crawls on artificial leaves at a house in Sanaa, Yemen. The veiled chameleon is native to the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen and Saudi Arabia and can live up to five years. EPA

A zoo keeper wearing a protective face mask feeds pelicans at the animals enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA

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