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 humpback whale swims in the water by Montreal, Canada. AFP

A newborn bonobo baby clings to its mother in the enclosure at the Zoo in Cologne, Germany. EPA

Four young swallows shout for food while sitting on the nest of a house terrace in Nicosia, Cyprus. EPA

A retired circus elephant is released to its newly created enclosure surroundings in Knuthenborg Safari Park, in Bandholm, Denmark. EPA

Spectacled penguins catch a fish at the Zoom 'Erlebniswelt' Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. EPA

A newborn baby camel is nozzled by its mother Iringo, 13, in their enclosure in the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary. EPA

A young rhesus macaque feeds on wild Himalayan Rhea fruits in Dharmsala, India. AP Photo

A group of Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is seen at the zoo in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. AFP

The little polar bear Nana eats a watermelon at the zoo in Hannover, Germany. dpa via AP

A bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is seen at the zoo in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. AFP

A white heron flies over the Sava river on a sunny day in Belgrade, Serbia. AP Photo

Polish primitive horses (or the Polish Konik) on a paddock at the Nature Reserve Swietlista Dabrowa, west-central Poland. EPA

A squirrel holds tight on a leaf as it spends time looking for something to eat in a tree in Frankfurt, Germany. EPA

Five-week-old yellow-bearded lemur twins cling onto their mother in their enclosure in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. EPA

A Patas monkey is pictured at the Riga National Zoological Garden (Riga Zoo), Latvia. EPA

A mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) looks next to her ducklings at the White Lake (Weisser See) during a sunny Pentecost Sunday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. EPA

A three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis) climbs up a tree branch in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

A house sparrow flies in an early morning in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

One of three rescued loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) heads back into the water at the Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos Natural Park in the south of the island of Mallorca, Spain. EPA

A swan (Cygnus olor) family swims on the White Lake (Weisser See) during a sunny Pentecost Sunday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. EPA

Young Baribal or American black bears are pictured at the Thoiry Zoo and Safari Park, in Thoiry, west of Paris, France. AFP

A donkey scratches his back on the grass in Pamplona, Spain. EPA

Chapman's zebras are pictured at the Riga National Zoological Garden (Riga Zoo), Latvia. EPA

Gorilla enjoys some food in the sun at Twycross Zoo in Leicester, Britain, UK. EPA

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Updated: June 05, 2020, 12:52 PM