The week in wildlife

Peremilovo, Russia: Snow covered trees in a forest. Temperatures in the Moscow region dropped to -20 centigrade Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/guardian.co.uk

Kristinehamn, Sweden: A female wolf lays on the snow after being shot down by hunters during a wolf hunt. A total of 27 wolves, 10% of the wolves population, can be killed in Sweden's first wolf hunt in 45 years following a decision taken on October 2009 by the country's parliament to limit their number Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

UK: A gull's breathe can be seen in the freezing air Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk

Caribbean: An Indo-Pacific red lionfish. More than 300 scuba divers have been certified to catch red lionfish in a race to prevent the invasive and voracious species from consuming all the young and small fish on the Cayman Islands' famous coral reefs Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Honolulu, Hawaii: Before president Barack Obama and family walk through the Honolulu zoo, the black and white ruffed lemurs look at the press corps Photograph: Alex Brandon/guardian.co.uk

Amman, Jordan: Birds sit on utility wires Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/guardian.co.uk

Santiago, Chile: A one-month old white tiger rests at the metropolitan zoo Photograph: Victor Ruiz Caballero/guardian.co.uk

Scotland, UK: Red deer forage for food near the Drumochter Pass Photograph: Russell Cheyne/guardian.co.uk

Srinagar, India: Himalayan langurs rest on a tree in Dachigam national park. The wildlife population of Kashmir has increased during a two-decade-old separatist rebellion. Fear of being caught in exchange of fire between militants and Indian troops kept poachers, hunters and local population away from the deep forests of the region Photograph: Yawar Nazir/Getty Images

Surfside, US: A stunned iguana lies on the ground after falling from a tree. With temperatures in the 40's Fahrenheit, the cold-blooded non-native species becomes immobilized in the cold temperatures and fall from their perches Photograph: Wilfredo Lee/guardian.co.uk

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka: A fisherman shows a photographer a dead box fish found on the beach Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Plant City, US: Icicles hang from an orange tree after it was sprayed with water throughout the night. The water was sprayed to protect the other plants in the nursery from the cold weather Photograph: Scott Audette/guardian.co.uk

Ljubljana, Slovenia: A woman feeds pigeons in a park Photograph: Srdjan Zivulovic/guardian.co.uk

Standford-le-Hope, UK: A fox sits on frozen ground Photograph: Luke Macgregor/guardian.co.uk

Jigokudani, Japan: In sub-zero temperatures Japanese macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of a mountain hotspring Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/guardian.co.uk