San Francisco, US: A six-week-old Sumatran tiger is watched by his mother in at the San Francisco zooPhotograph: George Nikitin/San Francisco zoo/APSouthampton, US: Vyrnwy a 10-week-old European otter is being cared for at the New Forest wildlife park after her mother was killed by a carPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PASolo, Java: A spider reaches its insect preyPhotograph: Adek Berry/AFP
Kielder Forest, UK: A red squirrel jumps across a wallPhotograph: Owen Humphreys/PARamat Gan, Israel: Moshon, a 35-year-old orang-utan munches on matza, the unleavened cracker-like bread eaten during the upcoming festival of Pesach (Passover), as the safari park prepares to serve the animals only kosher food during the holidayPhotograph: David Silverman/GettyHyderabad, Pakistan: Blooming sunflowers in a fieldPhotograph: Nadeem Khawer/EPASingapore: King penguins at the Singapore bird parkPhotograph: Wong Maye-E/APHuzhou, China: Ducks swim through algae in Taihu lake which has been hit by another outbreak that could threaten water qualityPhotograph: APRome, Italy: A wild duck with ducklings in a fountain outside the Palazzo di Giustizia Photograph: Plinio Lepri/APCleveland, US: A captive Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle. Zoo researchers recently discovered one of the rare giant turtles in the wild in northern VietnamPhotograph: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo/APPanama: Luigi, an adult male harpy eagle born and raised in captivity, flies towards its trainer at the National Association for the Conservation of Nature. Panama's national bird is an endangered species due to poaching and the destruction of the rainforests in Central and South AmericaPhotograph: Elmer Martinez/AFPZurich, Switzerland: A Bactrian camel at the zooPhotograph: Steffan Schmidt/EPATokyo, Japan: Tiny doctor fish clean the skin of a woman's hand at a spa in Ginza shopping districtPhotograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPAAthens, Greece: A new born ring-tailed lemur plays with his mother in Attica zoological parkPhotograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPATel Aviv, Israel: Dovale, a 12-year-old male giraffe, receives a manicure from workers in the Ramat Gan safari parkPhotograph: Ariel Schalit/APSeoul, South Korea: Petals at the Youido cherry blossom festivalPhotograph: Chung Sung-Jun/GettyPobitora wildlife sanctuary, India: An Indian one-horned rhino after being tranquilised. Two male rhinos have been moved from Pobitora to Manas National Park, under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 expansion programmePhotograph: EPA
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