The week in wildlife

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A hunting bird in flight during a festival of Kyrgyzstan hunting traditions Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/AP

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A squirrel feasts on a nut. Squirrels are commonly found throughout the central Asian nation Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty

Oregon, US: An ant walks on a rain-spotted leaf in a parking lot Photograph: Robin Loznak/The News-Review/AP

Cape Town, South Africa: A vulture looks on through a wire fence at Tygerberg zoo Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP

Ohio, US: Two work horses wait in a sea of corn stalks for the driver of their cart to return Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

Budapest, Hungary: A four-week-old Persian leopard cub looks into the camera at Budapest zoo Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Kapawi, Ecuador: Turtles walk on a log on the Kapawi river in the Ecuadorean rainforest Photograph: Guillermo Granja/Reuters

Washington, US: Harper, a working US park police horse, eats a free feast of carrots and apples at the 50th annual Washington international horse show Photograph: Tim Sloan/AFP

Amman, Jordan: A boy seen selling chickens in a street Photograph: Mohammad abu Ghosh/AP

Chicago, US: A newborn female Bornean orang-utan curled up with her mother at the Brookfield zoo. The female is only the second birth of an orang-utan at a North American zoo this year Photograph: Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society/AP

Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan: A hunting falcon catches a hare during a hunting competition in a Kyrgyz village Photograph: Vladimir Pirogov/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq A US soldier secures the area as a cow looks from behind a wall in Fadhilah Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP

Oregon, US: Blimpo the hippopotamus snacks on fruit in his pond at the Wildlife Safari zoological park. Blimpo's 33-year-old father, Morey, died last week Photograph: Robin Loznak/The News-Review/AP

Singapore: Temperature is taken from a white-headed vulture in captivity at the Singapore bird park as it undergoes surgery for its bumble foot Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Slovenia: View of Lipizzaner horses at the world famous Lipica stud farm, visited by Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh during their state visit to Slovenia Photograph: Chris Ison/Press Association

Ohio, USA: The first frost of the autumn season coats maple leaves in a yard in Moreland Hills Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

New York, US: A Surinam horned frog sits on top of a pumpkin during the "Boo at the Zoo" event at the Bronx zoo Photograph: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society/Reuters