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

Giant Panda Xing Ya during the celebration of his 6th birthday in Ouwehands Zoo, in Rhenen, the Netherlands. EPA

A raccoon looks out of a hole of a tree branch, in its enclosure at the animal park in Worms, Germany. EPA

A bee rests on a sunflower near the Bavarian village of Puchheim, southern Germany. AFP

Two seal pups just being released into the North Sea on the beach of Juist island, northern Germany. EPA

An alpaca sit in ts enclosure at the animal park in Worms, Germany. EPA

A seagull and ruddy rurnstones on the rocks of the Tatihou island, northwestern France. AFP

A painted lady butterfly rests on the blossom of a red clover in Greetsiel, northern Germany. AFP

A Dead Leaf butterfly sucks juice from a pineapple in Taipei, Tawian. EPA

An argiope bruennichi hangs on her spiderweb in a field of lavender in Rulles, South Belgium. EPA

One of the six-week old red panda twin cubs play with its parents in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. EPA

Budgerigars sit on a tree branch. EPA

A ladybird rests on a sunflower. AFP

A bumblebee collects pollen from a sunflower on a field near Maintal, western Germany. AFP

A polar fox looks out from its enclosure at the animal park in Worms, 60 kilometres south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. EPA

A zebra finch sits on a tree branch in its enclosure at the animal park in Worms, 60 kilometres south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. EPA

A ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua) stand on a tree branch in its enclosure at the animal park in Worms, 60 kilometres south-southwest of Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. EPA

Canada geese cross Main Drive at the crosswalk, headed for the pond at Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, Missouri. AP

A cicada rests on a pine tree during the heat of summer in Valbonne, south of France. EPA

Baby walrus "Fiete" takes a rest in his enclosure at the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany. AFP

Royal white tiger Mumbai is pictured at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park, a zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, Belgium. REUTERS

Shoebill Yapah received a fish from zookeeper Robin at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park, a zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, Belgium. REUTERS

Koala bear Buddy eats eucalyptus at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park, a zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, Belgium. REUTERS

One of the six-week old red panda (Ailurus fulgens)twin cubs is hugged by its mother in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. AP

Three-year-old orangutan of Sumatra, Berani, and his father Ujilan, are pictured at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park, zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, Belgium. REUTERS

Atlantic puffin comes in for a landing on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off the coast of Maine. AP

Underwater image captured by the REMUS SharkCam observing the behavior of basking sharks off the west coast of Scotland, obtained from social media. REUTERS

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