The week in wildlife

North Reading, US: A turkey in its pen at the Seven Acres Poultry farm, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Switzerland: A snow-covered sheep stands in a meadow near the Albispass mountain pass, south of Zurich Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Izmi, Turkey: A ram at an animal market which is set up for the upcoming Islamic feast of sacrifice, Id al-Adha which will follow the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca Photograph: Emre Tazegul/AP

Lima, Peru: A hawk sits inside a cage after being confiscated at a black market. Peru's environmental police have confiscated about 500 parrots and other jungle animals Photograph: Mariana Bazo/Reuters

Russia: Ducks swim in the Vologda river Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/Reuters

Stoneleigh, UK: Honeybees on a honeycomb at the National Beekeeping Centre. Bees were recently declared the most invaluable species on the planet Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

Tenbury Wells, UK: Mistletoe at the annual auction which has been held in the town for more than 100 years Photograph: David Jones/PA

Democratic Republic of the Congo: A mountain gorilla carrying her baby in the Virunga National Park. The director of the park says rangers who fled fighting between rebels and soldiers are returning to protect its endangered mountain gorillas Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP

Brunswick, Germany: A meerkat in the zoo. Meerkats are found in the wild in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa Photograph: Peter Steffen/EPA

Benesov, Czech Republic: Birds pick winter berries off a rowan tree Photograph: Petr Josek/Reuters

Port Botany, Australia: Forrest, a one year old male giraffe, looks out from his travelling crate after being unloaded from a ship. Forrest and his 16 month old sister , Ntombi, were shipped from New Zealand's Auckland Zoo to be taken to Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, before entering their respective breeding programmes Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

Gdynia, Poland: Luiza, a six-month-old octopus, is a new resident at the aquarium. The North Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is often cited as the largest octopus species. Full-grown animals usually weigh around 15kg with a span of up to 4.3m. Luiza came to Poland from Canada with three starfish Photograph: Adam Warsawa/EPA