The week in wildlife

Bees collect pollen on a sunflower on a field near Zehlendorf, eastern Germany Photograph: Michael Urban/AFP/Getty

Different species of wild birds are displayed for sale in a local market in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

A wave from the Indian Ocean washing over a starfish on Msambweni beach on Kenya's south coast Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA

A seagull stands in the foreground as people gather on Weymouth beach in Dorset, England at the start of the summer holiday season Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

A macaque, licks a block of ice at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, Japan. Aside from humans, macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from northern Africa to Japan. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty

Landau, Germany: Two smooth-fronted caimans in their terrarium at Landau zoo. This crocodilian reptile from South America is the second smallest species of the Alligatoridae family reaching up to 2.3 meters in length. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA

A male turquoise gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) in a vivarium in the Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe, Germany Photograph: Uli Deck/EPA

Tropical fish swim in an aquarium displayed on the 52nd floor of the Mori Tower at the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Bees swarm at the entrance to the newly installed bee hives on the roof at Fortnum and Mason in London. Each hive contains 4,000 Carniolan honey bees from the Italian Alps Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Dragonflies mate while flying over a pond near the ninth green at Genoa Lakes golf club in Genoa, Nevada, USA Photograph: Brad Horn/AP

A wildebeest stands on higher ground in the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya. The annual zebra and wildebeest migration is expected to attract a large number of tourists Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Chris Harris rides his horse to a score of 81 during the bareback event at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Wyoming, USA Photograph: Larry Brinlee/AP

A rat searches for landmines in Inhambane, Mozambique. A joint venture between Belgium and Tanzanian researchers has successfully trained sniffer rats to detect explosives. The rats are being deployed in several war-torn African countries Photograph: Pedro Sa Da Bandeira/EPA

One of three rare Grevy's zebra foals stands alongside its mother at Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire, England Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

A sleepy male Koala Bear perches on an electricity pylon in New South Wales, Australia Photograph: Newspix//Rex Features

Birds sit on a giraffe's neck in the Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya Photograph: Radu Sigheti/Reuters