• One of Berlin's three-month-old giant panda cubs yawning at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. It is the first giant panda offspring in Germany after the Berlin panda Meng Meng gave birth to twins on August 31, 2019. AFP
    One of Berlin's three-month-old giant panda cubs yawning at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin. It is the first giant panda offspring in Germany after the Berlin panda Meng Meng gave birth to twins on August 31, 2019. AFP
  • An alligator prowls Everglades National Park in search of a meal. AP Photo
    An alligator prowls Everglades National Park in search of a meal. AP Photo
  • Sambisig, a female Philippine eagle, is sprayed by a water sprinkler in its enclosure at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. EPA
    Sambisig, a female Philippine eagle, is sprayed by a water sprinkler in its enclosure at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. EPA
  • Officials handling the body of a dead dear found with plastic bags and underwear in its stomach, in Khun Sathan national park in Nan Province, Thailand. According to media reports, the deer was found to have consumed 7kg of plastic garbage and other rubbish. EPA
    Officials handling the body of a dead dear found with plastic bags and underwear in its stomach, in Khun Sathan national park in Nan Province, Thailand. According to media reports, the deer was found to have consumed 7kg of plastic garbage and other rubbish. EPA
  • A female southern white rhino calf runs around at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in San Diego. AP
    A female southern white rhino calf runs around at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in San Diego. AP
  • Hooded vultures wait for scraps of meat at Bissau's main slaughter house. Tens of thousands of Hooded vultures folk to the city of Bissau to in search of food left behind in heaps of garbage or around market areas. AFP
    Hooded vultures wait for scraps of meat at Bissau's main slaughter house. Tens of thousands of Hooded vultures folk to the city of Bissau to in search of food left behind in heaps of garbage or around market areas. AFP
  • An endangered snail kite flies with an apple snail at Lake Kissimmee in Kenansville, Florida. Water level control and the resulting loss of wetlands has caused the population to drop to about 400 breeding pairs. AP Photo
    An endangered snail kite flies with an apple snail at Lake Kissimmee in Kenansville, Florida. Water level control and the resulting loss of wetlands has caused the population to drop to about 400 breeding pairs. AP Photo
  • Polar bear Nora with its fresh newborn cub, at the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, 9 November 2019. The cub's twin sibling died at birth. EPA
    Polar bear Nora with its fresh newborn cub, at the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, 9 November 2019. The cub's twin sibling died at birth. EPA
  • Simba, a Bengal tiger, paces in his cage as Avianca cargo employees work to load him into a van at the Miami International Airport. Simba, Max and Kimba, who were rescued from a circus in Guatemala by Animal Defenders International, are being sent to an animal sanctuary, Big Cat Rescue, in Tampa. AP
    Simba, a Bengal tiger, paces in his cage as Avianca cargo employees work to load him into a van at the Miami International Airport. Simba, Max and Kimba, who were rescued from a circus in Guatemala by Animal Defenders International, are being sent to an animal sanctuary, Big Cat Rescue, in Tampa. AP
  • A newborn giraffe roams an enclosure with its herd at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. AP Photo
    A newborn giraffe roams an enclosure with its herd at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. AP Photo
  • Biologists with the Utah Division of Natural Resources release a male mule deer after checking its health and affixing a GPS collar to it in Antelope Island, Utah. The deer were caught with a net gun and airlifted by helicopter to Fielding Garr Ranch. AP
    Biologists with the Utah Division of Natural Resources release a male mule deer after checking its health and affixing a GPS collar to it in Antelope Island, Utah. The deer were caught with a net gun and airlifted by helicopter to Fielding Garr Ranch. AP
  • An American alligator swims in the water in its indoor enclosure of the Tierpark in Berlin, Germany. EPA
    An American alligator swims in the water in its indoor enclosure of the Tierpark in Berlin, Germany. EPA
  • A Grevy's Zebra (Equus Grevyi) at its enclosure at the Frankfurt am Main Zoo, Germany. EPA
    A Grevy's Zebra (Equus Grevyi) at its enclosure at the Frankfurt am Main Zoo, Germany. EPA
  • Two Greater Rhea (Rhea Americana) at their enclosure at the Frankfurt am Main Zoo, Germany. EPA
    Two Greater Rhea (Rhea Americana) at their enclosure at the Frankfurt am Main Zoo, Germany. EPA
  • A man watches fish and sharks swim at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, Florida. AFP
    A man watches fish and sharks swim at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami, Florida. AFP

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This week in wildlife - the best pictures of animals around the world

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December 02, 2019

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