Week in wildlife: ospreys reunited, a monkey thief and a London fox cub

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Main image: A Sri Lankan leopard prowls through the dense jungle of Yala national park, home to one of the biggest leopard populations in the world. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty

  • Up in arms … two Père David’s deer squabble at a nature reserve in Yancheng, eastern China
    A herd of deer at a nature reserve with two on their hind legs facing one another

  • Back home … Dorcha and Louis, two ospreys, on their nest at Loch Arkaig pine forest in Lochaber, Scotland. Louis, who became an online star during the first Covid lockdown, has returned from west Africa for the summer, despite fears he might not make it back after illness. He and Dorcha have been an item since 2021
    Two ospreys on their nest with rolling hills in the background

  • A dragonfly, or more specifically a fulvous forest skimmer, perches on an iron gate in Telhatta, India
    A dragonfly perched on an iron grill of a house

  • A swallow hunting in wetlands in Bursa, Turkey
    A swallow in flight

  • A firefighter hoses down a beached juvenile minke whale on the shores of Emeryville, California. The whale had to be euthanised as it was struggling and unable to feed
    A firefighter hoses down a beached juvenile minke whale on a shoreline

  • Stranger in town … a brahminy kite flies past a hovering drone in Mariveles, Philippines
    A brahminy kite flies and a hovering drone against a blue sky

  • Turtles glance up in surprise as a golf ball skips on the water in front of them during a practice round for the 2025 Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, US
    A golf ball skips on water in front of two turtles

  • Thirsty work … a rhesus monkey makes off with a bottle of juice on a hot day in Delhi, India
    A monkey walks holding a fruit drink bottle

  • Bill of health … great white pelicans rest on a lakeshore in Ilgın, Turkey, pausing on their migration from Africa to Europe and Russia
    Great white pelicans rest on the shores of a lake

  • Safe and sound … a fox cub is cared for by the RSPCA after being found wedged between a fence and a garden wall in Clapham, south London
    A fox cub rescued by the RSPCA held in a towel

  • Warm and fuzzy … processionary caterpillars form a group in undergrowth in the village of Doizieux, France
    Processionary caterpillars form a group on the ground in the undergrowth

  • It’s a fair cop … a blue crab surrenders to law enforcement officers in Cali, Colombia – one of 109 that were due to be illegally sold in the market at Easter
    A blue crab on the ground in a market

  • A Cape sundew plant traps an insect at an exhibit of carnivorous plants in Bogotá, Colombia
    A bright green Cape sundew plant traps an insect

  • Final approach … a roseate spoonbill comes in for a landing on a tree at a bird rookery in St Augustine, Florida
    A roseate spoonbill comes in for a landing on a tree

  • I am a passenger … an Indian one-horned rhinoceros grazes with a guest at Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam, India
    An Indian one-horned rhinoceros grazes with a bird on its back

  • A colony of giant red bugs gather on a tree trunk in Assam, India. The species is also known as red ghoul face stink bug
    A colony of giant red bugs gather on a tree trunk

  • Make a splash … a kingfisher captures a fish mid-hunt at Teddesley Park in Staffordshire, England
    A kingfisher makes a splash

  • A blue crab, a highly invasive alien species in Italy, takes a stroll on Lio Piccolo in Venice. The island is being replanted with 16,000 trees that will protect the salt marsh ecosystem
    A blue crab on a pavement

  • Love nest … herons in their nests in Chongqing, China [• This caption was amended on 11 April 2025. An earlier version referred to these birds as egrets]
    Herons nest in a forest

  • Beauty spot … a Sri Lankan leopard prowls through the dense jungle of Yala national park, home to one of the biggest leopard populations in the world
    Sri Lankan leopard in the bush
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