The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
The warmer weather has brought deer back to a housing estate in east London, UK. Deer roam freely among the washing lines and bin sheds in Harold Hill, RomfordA rare black leopard deep in the forest of India’s Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve. Its unusual colouring comes from a mutation that causes melanism, an excessive development of dark-coloured pigment in the skin.
Guides from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have reported that destruction of the raccoons’ natural habitats is driving them to the capital cityRed Fox, Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Nottinghamshire by Daniel Valverde – winner of the Habitat category at the annual British Wildlife Photography awardsOrnithologists check over a speckled owl at an International Animal Rescue centre in Costa Rica.