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 new born female elephant-calf (Elephantidae) walks with her mother in their enclosure in the Cologne Zoo, in Cologne, Germany. EPA

A new born female elephant-calf (Elephantidae) walks with her mother in their enclosure in the Cologne Zoo, in Cologne, Germany. EPA

A boy displays a crab in a jungle in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

A Black Kite eagle flies in a jungle in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

Sea lions are seen at Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. EPA

A jaguar is seen at the Rosy Walther Zoo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. EPA

A lion is seen at the Rosy Walther Zoo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. EPA

A jaguar is seen at the Rosy Walther Zoo in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. EPA

In this photo released by Galapagos National Park, giant tortoises stand moments after release to their original habitat on Isla Espanola, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador. AP

This 2020 photo provided by the Fairfax County Police Department shows a 65-pound (29-kilogram) alligator snapping turtle in Alexandria, Virginia. AP

Henry, a newborn Rothschild's giraffe is kept under the watchful gaze of adult giraffes inside their enclosure at the 'Tierpark Berlin' zoo in Berlin, Germany. EPA

A Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus) walking at a vulture watching site in the Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria. AFP PHOTO

Joona, a four-month-old baby rhinoceros, lounges in the mud in Denver Zoo. AP Photo

A swan cygnet (Cygnus olor) at the Spree river during a sunny afternoon at Treptower Park in Berlin, Germany. EPA

The bear Bambi remains in captivity in a giant cage in the middle of the forest that surrounds the Sanctuary of Bears in rural Guasca, Colombia. EPA

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Updated: June 18, 2020, 3:22 PM